STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1198

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 938

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 938 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to separate the Board of Electricians and Plumbers into a Board of Plumbers and a Board of Electricians.  This bill also statutorily separates regulations for electricians and plumbers in two chapters of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186 and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Board of Electricians and Plumbers, Laborers' Union Local 368, Plumbers and Fitters Local 675, T.M.C. General Contracting Inc., and several concerned individuals opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 938, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 938, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair