Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1266 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require that the payment of prevailing wages applies to all workers employed on any state or county public works construction project regardless of whether they work on or off the job site.

The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO testified in support of this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the General Contractors Association of Hawaii opposed this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1266 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.