Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 3073 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure continued success and growth in Hawaii's construction industry by creating the Hawaii Construction Authority, a single entity charged with the task of developing, coordinating, and implementing state policies and the direction of the construction industry.

The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO testified in support of this bill. The Attorney General, Associated Builders and Contractors, Hawaii Chapter, Inc., and the General Contractors Association of Hawaii testified in opposition to this bill. The Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Information Practices, and Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 675 offered comments on this bill.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3073 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.