CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 112-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3126

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

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. 3126, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW,"

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:

(1) Require the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to appoint a Chief Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspector;

(2) Allow the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to authorize qualified boiler inspectors who are in the exclusive employment of an owner-user inspection organization to perform safety inspections of pressure retaining items; and

(3) Extend the time by which the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations is required to reimburse the general fund for the initial appropriation made to the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund.

Your Committee on Conference finds that existing rules adopted by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations allow owner-user inspection organizations to perform safety inspections, provided that the inspections are performed by qualified boiler inspectors. The current practice allows inspections of pressure retaining items in the State to be performed in a timely manner while ensuring the safe operation and use thereof. This measure codifies the current practice engaged in by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and owner-user inspection organizations in Hawaii.

Your Committee on Conference also finds that this measure provides the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations additional time to reimburse the general fund from the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund by three years, thereby allowing more flexibility to fund boiler and elevator safety operations while maintaining a feasible repayment schedule.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Making it effective upon its approval; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 3126, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3126, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ RICHARD H.K. ONISHI Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Chair
____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Co-Chair
____________________________ JACKSON D. SAYAMA Co-Chair