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                                 STAND. COM. REP. NO. 330-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2558




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:


     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2558 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOILER AND ELEVATOR LAW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate disclosure of
records, while protecting individual privacy rights, related to
boiler and elevator law proceedings by:

     (1)  Preventing the disclosure of inspection and
          investigatory records prepared or compiled for
          enforcement or administration purposes while a
          proceeding is pending or ongoing;

     (2)  Prohibit the disclosure of witnesses and confidential
          sources; and

     (3)  Prevent the testimony of compliance officers as
          witnesses in proceedings other than those for the
          enforcement or administration of boiler and elevator
          safety laws.

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


 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee finds that this bill mirrors the federal
Freedom of Information Act, permitting disclosure of government
records while still protecting individual privacy rights.  This
measure ensures that the public will be protected from unsafe
equipment, fulfilling the State's mission to protect life and
health.


     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 H.B. No. 2558 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

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



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair