STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1395

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 87

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.R. No. 87 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SENATE PRESIDENT TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Senate President to establish a task force to determine the economic value of construction in Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by three organizations.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that the health of Hawaii's construction, housing, and tourism industries anchors the local economy.  Your Committee further finds that the current economic situation calls for state support of construction projects that would stimulate tourism and encourage the recovery of other local industries.

     Furthermore, your Committee finds that due to the magnitude and anticipated duration of the current recession, the task force proposed by this measure should include within the scope of its duties recommendations on proposed state actions to preserve and create new jobs in the local construction industry and recommendations on the implementation of the proposed state actions, including a timeline for implementation.

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure as follows:

     (1)  By clarifying that the Senate President appoints all task force members;

     (2)  By requesting the task force to develop and propose state actions for the purpose of preserving and creating new jobs in the local construction industry and to determine the anticipated impact of those actions on the State's economy;

     (3)  By requesting the task force to make recommendations on the implementation of any proposed state actions developed by the task force, as well as a timeline for the implementation of those state actions; and

     (4)  By making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 87, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 87, S.D. 1.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair