STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1523

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 877

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 877, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HEARINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to provide parties with written notice of a hearing by first class mail and to clarify the powers of the Board, including to compel testimony and the production of evidence and to sanction misconduct, in conducting hearings.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Defining the term "contemptuous conduct" to enhance the clarity of the measure;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 877, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 877, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair