STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1686-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3126

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3126, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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 received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaiian Electric Company, and Par Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3126, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair