STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1985

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 201
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred S.C.R. No. 201 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
     AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO COORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS AND
     ENFORCE WORKERS' COMPENSATION MANDATORY COVERAGE
     REQUIREMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:

     (1)  Require the Department of Labor and Industrial
          Relations (DLIR) and the Department of Commerce and
          Consumer Affairs to jointly convene to:

          (A)  Discuss policies and procedures to enforce
               workers' compensation coverage requirements; and

          (B)  Publish a list of those contractors that do not
               carry workers' compensation insurance; 

          and

     (2)  Require DLIR to cross-check this list of contractors
          with unemployment insurance reports, temporary
          disability insurance reports, and pre-paid health care
          reports.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose
of S.C.R. No. 201 and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair