THE SENATE
                 THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                  REGULAR SESSION OF 2000


            COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
                 Senator Bob Nakata, Chair
             Senator Marshall Ige, Vice-Chair


        DATE:    Thursday, February 17, 2000

        TIME:    1:00 p.m.

        PLACE:   Conference Room 225
                 State Capitol
                 415 South Beretania Street

                 NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
             (Deferred from February 03, 2000)


S.B. 2471  RELATING TO GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY         GOH/LRE, WAM
        Requires AG and DLIR to install employer hotlines to
        the child support enforcement agency and the
        unemployment office, respectively, for employer-only
        access.

S.B. 2509  RELATING TO PROCUREMENT PRACTICE          GOH/LRE, WAM
        Requires purchases under contracting law to be awarded
        to vendors who pay prevailing wages.

S.B. 2258  RELATING TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS              LRE/GOH, WAM
        Requires contractors under a public contract to
        provide their employees with specified minimum wages
        and days off.  Provides for enforcement and penalties.
        Exempts nonprofit institutions whose chief executive
        officers earn wages at a specified level.

S.B. 2313  RELATING TO WAGES AND TIPS OF EMPLOYEES       LRE, WAM
        Protects employees who receive or may receive tips or
        gratuities during the course of employment from having
        these amounts withheld or credited to their employers.

              No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7330.


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                               Senator Bob Nakata
                               Chair