STAND. COM. REP. 2533

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2901

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2901 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATOR MECHANICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to conform training requirements for licensure of elevator mechanics to federal and state apprenticeship standards.

Testimony in favor of the measure was submitted by the Board of Elevator Mechanics and International Union of Elevator Constructors.

Your Committee finds that the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT) sets national guideline standards of apprenticeship training in various industries including elevator mechanics. The local elevator mechanics apprenticeship program received approval from BAT as well as the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations in March 2003. This measure will improve consumer protection with the additional requirements set by BAT and align training requirements for licensure of elevator mechanics with federal and state standards.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2901 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,

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RON MENOR, Chair