(a) There is hereby created an autonomous state procurement policy board. The policy board shall be assigned, for administrative purposes only, to the department of accounting and general services.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-201

  • Business: means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or any other private legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Construction: means the process of building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing any public structure or building, or other public improvements of any kind to any public real property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Policy board: means the procurement policy board created in § 103D-201. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any good, service, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Procurement officer: means any person authorized to enter into and administer contracts and make written determinations with respect thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Services: means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports which are merely incidental to the required performance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
(b) The policy board shall consist of five members. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 78-4, the members of the board shall include:

(1) The comptroller;

(2) Two members appointed by the governor; provided that one member shall have five years of high-level construction procurement experience and one member shall have five years of high-level county procurement experience;
(3) One member appointed by the president of the senate; provided that the member shall have five years of general procurement experience; and
(4) One member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; provided that the member shall have five years of general procurement experience.

Each appointed member shall have demonstrated sufficient business or professional experience to discharge the functions of the policy board. Except as provided in this section, the policy board members shall be subject to the requirements of § 26-34. No member of the policy board shall act concurrently as a chief procurement officer. The members of the policy board shall devote such time to their duties as may be necessary for the proper discharge thereof.

(c) The policy board shall be assisted by employees of the department of accounting and general services, which shall provide at least one full-time support staff and funding necessary to support the policy board.
(d) Members of the policy board shall be reimbursed for any expenses, including travel expenses, reasonably incurred in the performance of their duties.
(e) The chairperson of the policy board shall be elected annually by a majority of its members from among all of its members; provided that the state comptroller shall not be eligible to serve as the chairperson.

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