CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 109-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

RE:    H.B. No. 2413

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     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.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2413, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

___________________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair
___________________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair	____________________________ RICHARD CREAGAN, Co-Chair
	____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Co-Chair