STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2853

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2546

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2546 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Hawaii construction authority task force to determine the feasibility of establishing a Hawaii Construction Authority.

Your Committee finds that the construction industry has experienced a recent boom in construction activities with projection of continued growth. This expansion of the construction industry brings with it many unanswered questions relating to:

(1) The adequacy of the workforce and future labor needs;

(2) Redundancy and bureaucracy in the land use and permitting process;

(3) The impact of the construction industry on the finite natural resources of the State; and

(4) The environmental impacts of increased development.

The Hawaii construction authority task force is tasked with the review of the above issues and any other pertinent issues to determine the efficacy, costs, and benefits of establishing a Hawaii Construction Authority.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2546, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2546, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair