STAND. COM. REP. NO.  448

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 853

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 853, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that a violation of the prevailing wage law arises with each separate project in which the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) finds that a contractor has failed to comply with the law.

     The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, International Union of Elevator Constructors, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  DLIR opposed this measure.

     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. 853, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair