PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

§103F-101  Application of this chapter. (a)  This chapter shall apply to all contracts made by state agencies and maybe used by county agencies to provide health or human services to Hawaii'sresidents; provided that this chapter shall not apply to:

(1)  Contracts to award grants or subsidies of statefunds appropriated by the legislature to a specific organization or individual;

(2)  Transactions between or among governmentagencies, including but not limited to agreements, contracts, and grants;

(3)  Transactions expressly exempt from therequirements of this chapter; and

(4)  Transactions that the chief procurement officerdetermines are exempt under rules adopted by the policy board.

(b)  This chapter shall only apply to contractssolicited or entered into after July 1, 1998, unless the parties agree to itsapplication to a contract solicited or entered into prior to that date.

(c)  Nothing in this chapter or rules adoptedhereunder shall prevent any state or county agency from complying with theterms or conditions of any grant, bequest, or cooperative agreement, or fromsatisfying any requirement of federal statute or regulation to avoid the lossor reduction of federal assistance. [L 1997, c 190, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 182,§5; am L 2003, c 9, §4; am L 2005, c 169, §1]