STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2802

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2565
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2565 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GARMENT INDUSTRY HOMEWORK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the garment
industry homework laws.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations, and the Legislative Information Services of
Hawaii.

     Currently, a garment manufacturer must obtain a certificate
from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations if workers
sew at home.  In the last three years, only one certificate has
been issued.  Your Committee finds that this measure is part of
the administration's SWAT effort to eliminate unnecessary
regulation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2565 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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