STAND. COM. REP. NO.  314

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 863

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. 863 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 private construction contracts where more than half of the project will be used by the State or a county, will comply with the prevailing wage law by requiring:

(1)  The project owner to certify that the project will comply with the prevailing wage law;

(2)  The certification to be filed with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Accounting and General Services; and

(3)  The project owner to submit certified payrolls weekly to the governmental agency that will be using the project.

     The Hawaii Carpenters Union supported this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations commented on the 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. 863 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,

____________________________

KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair