HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi, Chair |
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Rep. Jackson D. Sayama, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Della Au Belatti |
Rep. Sean Quinlan |
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Rep. Daniel Holt |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Dale T. Kobayashi |
Rep. Val Okimoto |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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9:30 A.M. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO EMPLOYER INFORMATION. Amends section 201-13.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to collect and analyze employer information and data.
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RELATING TO A STATEWIDE DATA HUB. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish and maintain a statewide data hub to collect employer and employee data. Creates positions. Appropriates funds.
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RELATING TO SAFETY. Establishes a new regulatory regime for boiler inspectors and elevator inspectors, including the creation of a boiler and elevator inspectors board. Transfers the regulation of boiler inspectors and elevator inspectors from the department of labor and industrial relations to the board. Clarifies that any inspection required under the Boiler and Elevator Safety Law, including inspections required to be done by the department, may be directed to be completed by licensed qualified boiler inspectors or licensed qualified elevator inspectors.
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RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW. Allows the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to permit owner-user inspectors in the exclusive employment of owner-user inspection organizations to perform inspections on pressure retaining items and extends the time from ten to thirteen years for the Director to reimburse the general fund from the Boiler and Elevator Revolving Fund.
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RELATING TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUND. Establishes an unemployment compensation insolvency special fund to be expended solely to resolve an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency declared by the Governor. Permits the Governor to declare an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency and to expend moneys from the fund if the Director of Finance determines that the fund balance is insufficient to meet the State's obligations. Appropriates moneys into the unemployment compensation insolvency special fund.
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RELATING TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION TRUST FUND. Appropriates funds for the unemployment compensation trust fund.
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RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND. Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021, effective for calendar years 2023 through 2030.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are bolded.
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________________________________________ Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi Chair |
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