STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2116

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 68

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that the Attorney General and the Department of Accounting and General Services conduct a study on whether various factors such as workers' compensation costs, general excise tax requirements, and unemployment insurance premiums negatively impact the competitiveness of local contractors in comparison to out-of-state contractors concerning the awarding of contracts.

     The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 50, and the Subcontractors Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in opposition. 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Economic Development & Business Concerns that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 68, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Economic Development & Business Concerns,

____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair