Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2426 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to conform apprenticeship requirements for the licensure of elevator mechanics to federal and state apprenticeship standards.

The Board of Elevator Mechanics testified in support of this measure.

Under national and state apprenticeship standards established by the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and the State Department of Labor, respectively, a person training as an elevator mechanic must serve a four-year apprenticeship. This measure aligns Hawaii's elevator mechanic licensing requirements with the above standards by increasing the apprenticeship requirement from two years to four years. Your Committee finds that the requirement of additional apprenticeship training will enhance consumer protection.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2426, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.