STAND. COM. REP. NO.  78

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1180

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1180 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that subcontractors who work on public works projects are held to the same standards as contractors by amending the definition of contractor in the Hawaii Procurement Code to include subcontractors.

The Ironworkers Stabilization Fund, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO testified in support of this measure.  The State Procurement Office, Electrical Contractor's Association of Hawaii, and Subcontractors Association of Hawaii testified in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1180, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1180, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair