STAND. COM. REP. NO. 815-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2556
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2556, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAFETY INSPECTION FREQUENCIES
     FOR REGULATED EQUIPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to set the Department of Labor
and Industrial Relations (DLIR) inspection frequencies based on
public safety needs by requiring, effective July 1, 2000,
regulated equipment such as elevators, escalators, boilers,
pressure systems, and vessels to be inspected no less than every
seven months.

     DLIR opposed this measure.  The Department of Accounting and
General Services submitted comments.

     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 H.B. No.
2556, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair