Report Title:

Procurement; Mandatory Training

 

Description:

Requires state and county procurement officers to undergo annual procurement training furnished by the state procurement office; makes comptroller ex-officio nonvoting member of state procurement policy board.  (SD1)

 


THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2826

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 103D-110, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§103D-110  Education and training.  (a)  The department of human resources development, either alone or in cooperation with any governmental body, including the department of labor and industrial relations, or in cooperation with other states, the federal government, or other persons may:

    [(1)  Develop and maintain a comprehensive training and development program for procurement professionals of the State and the several counties;

     (2)] (1)  Conduct or participate in procurement education and training for persons not employed by the State; and

    [(3)] (2)  Sponsor a purchasing certification program conducted by a voluntary organization of procurement professionals.

     (b)  The state procurement office, in cooperation with the department of human resources development, shall develop and maintain a procurement practices training and development program for procurement officers of the State and the several counties.  Attendance shall be mandatory for procurement officers to ensure that their agency's procurement practices are in compliance with the procurement code and that proper procurement decisions are made consistent with this chapter."

     SECTION 2.  Section 103D-201, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The state procurement policy board shall consist of seven members.  Notwithstanding the limitations of section 78-4, the members of the board shall include:

     (1)  The comptroller[;] as an ex-officio nonvoting member;

     (2)  A county employee with significant high-level procurement experience; and

     (3)  Five persons who shall not otherwise be full-time employees of the State or any county; provided that at least one member shall be a certified professional in the field of procurement, at least one member shall have significant high-level, federal procurement experience, and at least two members shall have significant experience in the field of health and human services.

Each appointed member shall have demonstrated sufficient business or professional experience to discharge the functions of the state procurement policy board.  The initial and subsequent members of the state procurement policy board, other than the comptroller, shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three individuals for each vacant position, submitted by a nominating committee composed of four individuals chosen as follows:  two persons appointed by the governor; one person appointed by the president of the senate; and one person appointed by the speaker of the house.  Except as provided in this section, the selection and terms of the state procurement policy board members shall be subject to the requirements of section 26-34.  No member of the state procurement policy board shall act concurrently as a chief procurement officer.  The members of the state procurement policy board shall devote such time to their duties as may be necessary for the proper discharge thereof."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.