STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1135
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 512
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 512, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaii Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company supported this measure. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers supported the intent of this measure. The Contractors License Board and Board of Electricians and Plumbers opposed this measure.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that the limited exemption applies to employees of a licensed contractor and that the contractor be retained by a public utility that is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission;
(2) Providing that the individuals exempted shall not be less qualified than the public utility's own employees who perform such high voltage electrical work;
(3) Providing that the employees qualifying of the limited exemption who are employed by a licensed contractor that is retained by the public utility shall not be counted in calculating the percentage of licensed employees at a job site; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 512, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 512, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Energy & Environmental Protection,
____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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