STAND. COM. REP. 2562

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2033

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2033, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC MONEY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require contractors on public works construction contracts to comply with State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations specifications for staffing requirements.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund. Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

According to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, currently there are no "staffing requirements" for construction contracts subject to Chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to wages and hours of employees on public works. Chapter 104 governs what an employee should be paid based on the proper classification. It does not govern who that employee should be.

Your Committee finds that prevailing standards for contractors on public works construction contracts should be applied and enforced in an equitable manner. Your Committee determines that mandating the use of assistants, helpers, tenders, and apprentices will establish clear guidelines, which will in turn facilitate enforcement and foster equity and consistency in the governance of public works projects.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2033, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair