STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1410_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1150
                                     S.D. 2
                                     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. 1150, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Correct errors in the Boiler and Elevator Safety Law;

     (2)  Increase the penalty from $1,000 to $10,000 for
          violating a safety order as a deterrent for operating
          regulated equipment in an unsafe manner or in violation
          of boiler and elevator rules;

     (3)  Specify that amusement rides are subject to the Boiler
          and Elevator Safety Law; and

     (4)  Ensure that the Boiler and Elevator Safety Revolving
          Fund will continue to be exempt from central service
          expenses under section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
          to maintain fees at existing levels.

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


 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee notes that this bill is similar in the
general purpose and intent to H.B. No. 1162, H.D. 2, which was
passed out of the House of Representatives after public hearings
in this Committee and the Committee on Finance.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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

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

     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. 1150, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
1150, S.D. 2, 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