STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1467
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: S.B. No. 1040
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect the health and safety of workers by increasing the amounts of the civil penalties and criminal fines for violations of the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Law.
The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of this measure. The Roofing Contractors Association of Hawaii and General Contractors Association opposed this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1040, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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