STAND. COM. REP. NO.  922

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1676

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1676 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify Hawaii's prevailing wage law and ensure payment of prevailing wages on projects financed with special purpose revenue bonds by requiring project parties to submit a collective bargaining agreement to the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) which will serve as the basis for compliance with all applicable prevailing wage requirements.

     Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hawaii Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company testified in support of this bill.  DLIR testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its 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. 1676, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1676, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair