STAND. COM. REP. NO.  887-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2584

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2584, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government by allowing the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to accept the notice of employers' worker's compensation insurance from third party agencies that have been approved in a manner and form approved by the Director.

The ILWU Local 142, Plumbers and Fitters Union, Local 675, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2584, 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