STAND. COM. REP. 2137
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2033
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 2033 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require contractors on public works construction contracts to comply with United States Department of Labor specifications for staffing requirements.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Laborers' Union, Local 368 and the Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund.
Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
Your Committee finds that prevailing standards for contractors on public works construction contracts should be applied and enforced in an equitable manner. Your Committee further finds that although standards exist concerning the employment of assistants, helpers, tenders, and apprentices, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations currently does not enforce the utilization of these workers. Your Committee determines that mandating the use of assistants, helpers, tenders, and apprentices will establish clear guidelines, which will in turn facilitate enforcement and foster equity and consistency in the governance of public works projects.
Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the reference to the United States Department of Labor staffing requirements;
(2) Replacing it with a reference to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations staffing requirements; and
(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2033, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2033, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,
____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair |
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