STAND. COM. REP. NO.  362-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3029

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 3029, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to further clarify requirements for the payment of prevailing wages on public works projects by including, as a public work, construction contracts between private persons using state or county land for commercial, profit-making activity.

     The Hawaii Carpenters Union (Union) testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources,  Department of Accounting and General Services, and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) opposed this measure.

     Your Committee notes that DLIR and the Union are working together to come up with mutually-agreed upon language to achieve the intent of this bill.

     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. 3029, 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