STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1093-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2906
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2906 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.

     Your Committee supports the administration's Slice Waste and
Tape program (SWAT) effort to eliminate unnecessary regulation.
There is no comparable federal law that requires certification of
garment industry home workers. 

     Testimony was received in support of this measure from the
Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Labor and
Industrial Relations.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2906 and recommends that it pass Third
Reading.


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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair