STAND. COM. REP. NO.  813-16

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2009, H.D. 1, 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 provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Board and General Contractors Association of Hawaii provided testimony in opposition.

     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. 2009, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair