§103D-1006  Software development businesses. 
(a)  In any expenditure of public funds for software development, the use of
Hawaii software development businesses shall be preferred.  Where a package bid
or response to a request for proposal contains both Hawaii and non-Hawaii
software development businesses, then for the purpose of selecting the lowest
bid or purchase price only, the bid or offer by a non-Hawaii software
development business shall be increased by a preference percentage pursuant to
rules adopted by the policy board.



(b)  This section shall not apply when
precluded by federal requirements for competitive bidding. [L 1994, c 186, pt
of §1; am L 1997, c 352, §18]