STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3041
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 2413
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to include public-private partnerships under the prevailing wage law for public construction work by amending the definition of "governmental contracting agency".
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund, Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, Hawaii Construction Alliance, Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, and The Pacific Resource Partnership.
Your Committee finds that the existing definition of "governmental contracting agency" under chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not specifically include public-private agreements. Public-private construction projects are public works projects that are funded and operated through a partnership of government and private-sector companies. This measure ensures that prevailing wages are paid to workers involved in public-private partnerships.
Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,
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____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
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