STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1002

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1162
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 1162, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the penalty for
violating a safety order with respect to the operation of boilers
and elevators from $1,000 to $10,000.

     This measure also corrects drafting errors to the Boiler and
Elevator Safety Law.

     Testimony in support of this measure with amendments was
received from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
The Department requested that the language contained in S.B.
No. 1150, S.D. 2, be substituted for the language in this
measure.

     Your Committee finds that the current penalty ceiling of
$1,000 is inadequate to deter violations of safety rules that
directly impact public safety.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing it's
contents with the language contained in S.B. No. 1150, S.D. 2,
which:


 
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     (1)  Adds a new section that provides for the continuation
          of the exemption of the Boiler and Elevator Safety
          Revolving Fund from central services cost-sharing
          (section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes) when that
          section is repealed and reenacted; and

     (2)  Makes technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes
          of clarity and style. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 1162, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B.
No. 1162, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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