STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3570

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2009

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2009, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board to submit a report to the Legislature on regulatory laws and certification procedures and fees relating to hoisting machine operators.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board and the Hawaii Construction Alliance.

     Your Committee finds that the report required under this measure will provide necessary and valuable insight on worker safety and whether it is being adequately addressed by the current board processes and procedures.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2009, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair