STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1379_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1152
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1152 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
     HEALTH TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Director of Labor and Industrial
          Relations to expend funds from the Occupational Safety
          and Health (HIOSH) Training and Assistance Fund
          (special fund) for safety and health certification
          programs; and

     (2)  Extend the life of the HIOSH special fund for four
          years to July 1, 2003.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified
in support of the bill.

     Your Committee finds that continuation of the HIOSH special
fund is vital to the health and safety of Hawaii's workers and
the general public. 

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to September 15, 2001; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1152, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1152, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair