STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2724

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3084

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, 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 and intent of this measure is to amend the composition of the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board to replace the ex-officio Department of Labor and Industrial Relations member with a licensed elevator mechanic member.

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

Your Committee finds that the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board (Board) has experienced difficulties meeting quorum requirements. This measure will relieve the Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations of the need to dedicate personnel resources to Board meetings and will grant the Board more flexibility to address Board vacancies (which has further created challenges to meet quorum requirements) to ensure appropriate decisions on applications and that scope of practice issues are discussed and decided in a timely manner.

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

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

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair