STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1372-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2312
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2312, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A HOISTING MACHINE OPERATORS
     CERTIFICATION REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate general funds for
deposit into the Hoisting Machine Operators Certification
Revolving Fund for certification and related activities
concerning hoisting machine operators.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the
Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund testified
in support of the bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount to $1 for the
          purposes of continued discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2312, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

 
 
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Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2312, S.D.
1, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair