STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1612-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3087

      S.D. 1

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen enforcement of Hawaii's Public Works Law by requiring the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to immediately suspend any contractor who interferes with or delays an investigation from working on any public works project for three years.

     DLIR, the Laborers' Union Local 368, Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Carpenters Union, Pacific Resource Partnership, Hidano Construction, Inc., and Associated Builders and Contractors of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     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 S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair