STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1258

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1676

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1676, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make the terms of a collective bargaining agreement governing a project party's workforce the prevailing wage for a project funded by special purpose revenue bonds when the collective bargaining agreement has been properly filed with the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations.

     Your Committee received two written comments on this measure.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature’s website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure clarifies the means for determining a project party's compliance with the prevailing wage for projects financed by special purpose revenue bonds.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2077, to encourage further discussion on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1676, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1676, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair