STAND. COM. REP. NO.  911

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 442

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 442 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPEALS BOARD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the efficiency of the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB) and expedite hearings on certain workers' compensation cases by allowing LIRAB to use hearings officers who may propose a decision and order for review and approval by the full appeals board.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, LIRAB, and ILWU Local 142 supported this bill.

 

     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. 442 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair