STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1833-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3084

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 3084 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELEVATOR MECHANICS LICENSING BOARD COMPOSITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the composition of the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board by replacing the ex-officio member from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations with a member who is a licensed elevator mechanic.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board.

Your Committee finds that the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board has experienced difficulty in achieving a quorum to conduct meetings. Part of this difficulty stems from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' struggle to make available an employee with expertise in elevator and escalator installation and maintenance to attend Board meetings during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. By replacing the Department's ex-officio member, as proposed by this measure, the Board is more likely to achieve quorum and conduct its important business in a timely manner.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3084, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3084, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair