STAND. COM. REP. NO.  745-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2413

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to apply Hawaii's prevailing wage law for public construction work projects to public-private partnerships by including public-private partnerships in the definition of a governmental contracting agency.

 

     The Hawaii Laborers' Union, Local 368; The Pacific Resource Partnership; Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust; Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund; Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Construction Alliance; and Plumbers and Fitters United Association, Local 675 provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Hawaii Chapter opposed this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters provided comments on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair