STAND. COM. REP. NO.  851

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1081

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1081 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen enforcement of the prevailing wage law by allowing a joint labor-management committee to bring civil actions against employers who fail to pay the prevailing wage to employees.

     The Hawaii Carpenters Union testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1081 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair