§103D-203  Chief procurement officers.  (a) The chief procurement officer for each of the following state entities shallbe:

(1)  The judiciary--the administrative director of thecourts;

(2)  The senate--the president of the senate;

(3)  The house of representatives--the speaker of thehouse of representatives;

(4)  The office of Hawaiian affairs--the chairpersonof the board;

(5)  The University of Hawaii--the president of the University of Hawaii;

(6)  The department of education, excluding the Hawaii public library system--the superintendent of education;

(7)  The Hawaii health systems corporation--the chiefexecutive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation; and

(8)  The remaining departments of the executive branchof the State and all governmental bodies administratively attached to them--theadministrator of the state procurement office of the department of accountingand general services.

(b)  The chief procurement officers for each ofthe several counties shall be:

(1)  The executive branch--the respective financedirectors of the several counties, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and(4);

(2)  The legislative branch--the respectivechairpersons of the councils of the several counties;

(3)  The Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui boards or departmentsof water supply--the managers and chief engineers of the respective boards ordepartments of water supply as designated by county charter; and

(4)  The Hawaii board of water supply--the manager ofthe board of water supply as designated by county charter;

provided that the chief procurement officersdesignated under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) shall not exercise theirpowers or duties over contracting in a manner contrary to the respectivecounty's charter, ordinances, or rules adopted in accordance with chapter 91.

(c)  For purposes of applying this chapter tothe judiciary, houses of the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs,University of Hawaii, department of education, remaining departments of theexecutive branch and all governmental bodies administratively attached to them,and the several counties, unless otherwise expressly provided,"State" shall mean "judiciary", "state senate","state house of representatives", "office of Hawaiian affairs","University of Hawaii", "department of education","executive branch", "county", and "board of watersupply", or "department of water supply", respectively. [L Sp1993, c 8, pt of §2; am L 1994, c 186, §8 and c 193, §§2, 5; am L 1996, c 262,§27; am L 1997, c 352, §§5, 19; am L 1999, c 149, §14; am L 2004, c 216, §17;am L 2006, c 283, §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  Chief procurement officer authorized under §103D-204(pre-1997) and this section to make substantial interest determination undersubsection (f) for public library system was superintendent of education andnot administrator of state procurement office.  85 H. 431, 946 P.2d 1.