STAND. COM. REP. NO.1119-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2681
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2681, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to differentiate public works projects involving alteration or new construction from projects involving maintenance work. Specifically, this bill requires that for public works projects:
(1) Involving alteration and new construction, the plans or specifications must be prepared or supervised by a licensed design professional, and the construction must be observed by a licensed design professional; and
(2) Involving maintenance work, the plans or specifications do not have to be prepared or supervised by a licensed design professional, and the construction must be observed by a licensed design professional.
The Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects and the Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of the measure. The American Society of Civil Engineers, Hawaii Section, and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation testified in support of the intent of this bill.
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. 2681, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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