CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 96-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2801

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2801, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to enhance the ability of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to enforce the State's labor laws by:

(1) Establishing the labor law enforcement special fund to provide for sufficient operating costs to collect penalties and fees assessed by DLIR for violations of labor laws;

(2) Establishing an attorney position and a legal assistant position within the Department of the Attorney General to represent DLIR in collecting penalties and fees for violations of labor law; and

(3) Appropriating funds to carry out the purposes of this measure.

Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure aims to improve compliance with labor laws by helping ensure that penalties for violations are collected by DLIR. Your Committee on Conference further finds that it is necessary to provide for sufficient operating costs to collect fees for violations of labor laws. The establishment of a special fund, and the establishment and hiring of an attorney and a legal assistant within the Department of the Attorney General, will provide the needed resources and allow the State to more effectively collect penalties and enforce the State's labor laws.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $98,163 into and out of the labor law enforcement special fund for the attorney and legal assistant positions within the Department of the Attorney General; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2801, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2801, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON Co-Chair	____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA Chair
____________________________ DANIEL HOLT Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair
	____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair