REPORT TITLE:
Gubernatorial powers-
Stevedores


DESCRIPTION:
Mandates the governor to intervene where furnishing of services
by the stevedoring industry is disrupted.  A 10-day limit after a
finding of a danger to public safety is included to minimize
disruption of the flow of vital goods to the people of Hawaii.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                      
THE SENATE                                     S.B.NO.     2594
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT


RELATING TO THE PROTECTION AGAINST INTERRUPTION OF COMMERCE.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
 
 1      SECTION 1.  Hawaii is dependent on the importation of goods
 
 2 from the West Coast of the United States as well as from abroad
 
 3 for its economic survival.  Unlike other states within our Union,
 
 4 Hawaii is surrounded by water, making long term alternative modes
 
 5 of delivery either unrealistic or costly.  The lack of delivery
 
 6 alternatives make Hawaii particularly dependent on ocean shipping
 
 7 and vulnerable to disruption in this lifeline.  The purpose of
 
 8 this legislation is to empower the Governor to take swift action
 
 9 to prevent a prolonged disruption in the delivery of essential
 
10 goods to the people of Hawaii.
 
11      SECTION 2.  Section 382-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended to read as follows:
 
13      "§382-2 Proclamation of emergency; preparations for
 
14 government operations.(a)  Whenever the governor finds that the
 
15 public health, safety, or welfare has been impaired or imperiled
 
16 and a state emergency created as a result of the interruption in
 
17 the furnishing of services by the stevedoring industry, whether
 
18 the interruption has been caused by an industrial dispute or
 
19 otherwise, the governor [may] shall issue a proclamation
 

 
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 1 declaring the existence of the emergency and the governor's
 
 2 intention to exercise the governor's powers of seizure and
 
 3 operation of the entire plant and related facilities of any
 
 4 stevedoring company under section 382-3[.]within ten calendar
 
 5 days of such a finding.
 
 6      (b)  Before [or after] the issuance of the proclamation the
 
 7 governor may make such preparations as the governor deems
 
 8 necessary or proper to carry out section 382-3.  After the
 
 9 issuance of the proclamation the governor shall make such
 
10 preparations as the governor deems necessary or proper to carry
 
11 out section 382-3." 
 
12      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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