CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 17-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 3087

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTOR SUSPENSION ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to suspend for three years, any contractor that interferes with or delays an investigation by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, in determining if there has been a violation of the prevailing wage law.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that by requiring the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to suspend a contractor who delays or interferes with investigations conducted under Hawaii's Public Works Law or falsifies payroll records from working on any public work for three years will deter these actions and allow for better enforcement of Hawaii's Public Works Law.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by combining the provisions of the Senate Draft 1 and House Draft 1 to provide that for falsification of records, or for delay or interference with an investigation pursuant to section 104‑22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the contractor shall be suspended for a period of three years.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair
____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair