STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2272

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2312
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2312 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 measure is to appropriate moneys to fund
the Hoisting Machine Operators' Certification Revolving Fund.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations submitted
testimony in support of the measure.

     The Hoisting Machine Operators' Certification Revolving Fund
was established by the 1998 Legislature to support the activities
of the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board, including the
hiring of an executive director, preparing and disseminating
public information on hoisting machine operators' certification
and training, and preparing annual reports for the Legislature on
certification program activities and accomplishments.  The funds
appropriated by this measure will enable the Board to execute its
duties.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2312 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Commerce and
                                   Consumer Protection,



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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