Bill Text: HI SB1543 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Procurement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-15 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM. [SB1543 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB1543-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to procurement.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§103D‑
Single-serving plastic beverage
containers; prohibition on using state funds to purchase.
(a) Notwithstanding sections 103D-102(b)(3),
(b)(4)(H), and (b)(4)(L) and 103D-305 to the contrary, no state agency shall
use state funds for the purchase of beverages in plastic bottles or rigid
plastic containers, except as provided in subsection (b).
(b)
The following circumstances shall
constitute exceptions to subsection (a):
(1) Public health
and safety preparedness, emergencies, investigations, and extended deployments
or activations of the office of hazard evaluation and emergency response of the
department of health or the department of defense;
(2) Situations where there is high risk of
cross-contamination with non-potable or contaminated water; or
(3) Situations where there are no reasonable
alternatives to beverages in plastic bottles or rigid plastic containers, such
as large public events and when large quantities of beverages may need to be
distributed for health and safety reasons.
(c)
For purposes of this section:
"Plastic
bottle" shall have the same meaning as in section 342H‑41.
"Rigid plastic container" shall have the same meaning as in section 342H-41.
"State
agency" means a department, division, agency, office, board, commission,
bureau, or council of the State.
"State
funds" means any money deposited into or drawn from the state treasury or
any special or trust fund of the State. "State
funds" includes any money appropriated by the State and transferred to any
state agency that is used by the state agency, in whole or in part, to purchase
goods or services."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Procurement; Plastic Bottles; Rigid Plastic Containers
Description:
Prohibits the expenditure of state funds by state agencies for the purchase of beverages in plastic bottles or rigid plastic containers, except under certain circumstances.
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