STAND. COM. REP. NO.  467-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2009

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2009 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOISTING MACHINE OPERATORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Repeal the Hoisting Machine Operators' Certification Revolving Fund and the position of the executive director for the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board (Board);

     (2)  Require that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provide administrative support and staff for the Board; and

     (3)  Authorize the Board to establish fees for the issuance of permits or certificates by administrative rule.

The Hawaii Construction Alliance testified in support of this measure.  The Board and the General Contractors Association of Hawaii testified in opposition.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2091, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2009, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2009, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair