HRS §103D-1009
Preference for qualified community rehabilitation programs
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When the government hires a company for services, it must give a 5% price advantage to nonprofits or public agencies that run approved community rehabilitation programs. These contracts do not have to follow the usual wage rules. The policy board will make rules for this preference.
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The statute, as written — Preference for qualified community rehabilitation programs
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
When a governmental body contracts for services, a five per cent preference shall be given to services to be provided by nonprofit corporations or public agencies operating qualified community rehabilitation programs in conformance with criteria established by the department of labor and industrial relations pursuant to chapter 91; provided that contracts awarded under this section shall be exempt from the wages provision of section 103-55. The policy board shall adopt rules under chapter 91 to establish the preference for nonprofit corporations or public agencies operating qualified community rehabilitation programs consistent with this section.
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