STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1671

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 309

      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 S.B. No. 309 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that sheriffs' chaplains are entitled to workers' compensation.

     The Department of Public Safety supported this bill.  The National Federation of Independent Businesses and The Hawaii Chamber of Commerce submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 S.B. No. 309, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 309, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair