STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1041
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 933
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PREVAILING WAGES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to promote fair treatment of workers on public works projects by:
(1) Clarifying that the state law requiring payment of prevailing wages applies to all laborers, mechanics, required assistants, helpers, tenders, and apprentices on a public works project, and not only those on the job site; and
(2) Making wage rate information more accessible to laborers and mechanics not working on the job site.
The Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this bill. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Hawaii Chapter, opposed this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Making the Act effective upon its approval; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,
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____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair |
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