HRS § 102-2 - Contracts for concessions; bid required, exception

(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no concession or concession space shall be leased, let, licensed, rented out, or otherwise disposed of either by contract, lease, license, permit or any other arrangement, except under contract let after public notice for sealed bids in the manner provided by law; provided that the duration of the grant of the concession or concession space shall be related to the investment required but in no event to exceed fifteen years; provided further that and subject to approval by county council resolution, the fifteen-year limit shall not apply to nonprofit corporations organized pursuant to chapter 414D. (b) [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2021. L 2014, c 141, §4.] The bidding requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to concessions or space on public property set aside for the following purposes: (1) For operation of ground transportation services and parking lot operations at airports, except for motor vehicle rental operations under chapter 437D; (2) For lei vendors; (3) For airline and aircraft operations; (4) For automated teller machines and vending machines, except vending machines located at public schools operated by blind or visually handicapped persons in accordance with section 302A-412; (5) For operation of concessions set aside without any charge; (6) For operation of concessions by handicapped or blind persons; except concessions operated in the public schools by blind or visually handicapped persons in accordance with section 302A-412; (7) For operation of concessions on permits revocable on notice of thirty days or less; provided that no such permits shall be issued for more than a one year period; (8) For operation of concessions or concession spaces for a beach service association dedicated to the preservation of the Hawaii beach boy tradition, incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in accordance with state law, and whose members are appropriately licensed or certified as required by law; (9) For operation of concessions at county zoos, botanic gardens, or other county parks which are environmentally, culturally, historically, or operationally unique and are supported, by nonprofit corporations incorporated in accordance with state law solely for purposes of supporting county aims and goals of the zoo, botanic garden, or other county park, and operating under agreement with the appropriate agency solely for such purposes, aims, and goals; (10) For operation of concessions that furnish goods or services for which there is only one source, as determined by the head of the awarding government agency in writing that shall be included in the contract file; (11) For any of the operations of the Hawaii health systems corporation and its regional system boards; (12) For airport operation of concessions providing electronic communication services; (13) For airport operation of concessions consisting solely of advertising; (14) For the stadium authority operation of concessions providing electronic communication services; (15) For the stadium authority operation of concessions consisting solely of advertising; and (16) For the operations of the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority. (c) The bidding requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to any nonrenewable dispositions granting rights for a period not in excess of fourteen days. (d) The bidding requirements and fifteen-year limit in subsection (a) shall not apply to any disposition or grant of rights to anyone to place one or more names, in accordance with applicable county sign ordinances, on a state or county building. [L 1959, c 245, §1; am L 1960, c 14, §2; am L 1962, c 5, §2; am L 1963, c 93, §§2, 3; Supp, §7B-1; am L 1967, c 189, §§1, 2; HRS ; am L 1986, c 185, §2; am L 1987, c 101, §1; am L 1991, c 232, §1; am L 1996, c 44, §1 and c 89, §9; am L 2001, c 303, §2; am L 2002, c 253, §6; am L 2004, c 201, §§2, 6; am L 2007, c 15, §1 and c 290, §14; am L Sp 2009, c 5, §2; am L 2014, c 9, §1 and c 141, §2; am L 2015, c 176, §1; am L 2016, c 121, §1] Note The 2016 amendment is exempt from the repeal and reenactment condition of L 2014, c 141, §4. L 2016, c 121, §3. Attorney General Opinions Chapter's bidding requirements not applicable to sale of broadcasting right to University of Hawaii athletic events. Att. Gen. Op. 84-5. Case Notes Noninclusion of foreign exchange concessions under section emphasizes legislature's contemplation that foreign exchange concession at airport could be exclusive. 745 F.2d 1281.