STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1525

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1381

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1381, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELEVATOR MECHANICS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to update the licensing laws for elevator mechanics with regard to examinations, license renewals, scope of work, definitions, meetings, the elevator mechanics licensing board, and qualifications for licensure.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the International Union of Elevator Constructors.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to resolve existing confusion over interpretations of the current licensing laws with regard to an elevator mechanic's scope of work and other matters.

 

     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 H.B. No. 1381, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair