Bill Text: HI HB2582 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-17 - (H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes, M. Lee excused (2). [HB2582 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2582-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 571-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2582
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPEALS TO THE APPELLATE BOARD,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Allowing the board to establish reasonable fees not to exceed $30 that can be adjusted by the Director pursuant to rules, for the filing of written appeals;
(2) Providing for the fees to be waived in certain cases; and
(3) Establishing the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board Special Fund.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Mandating that the Appellate Board give notice of relevant agency hearings to the appealing party by first class mail, publication, or any other means provided by law;
(2) Authorizing the Appellate Board to establish fees for administrative costs associated with the processing of workers' compensation appeals;
(3) Clarifying language concerning the waiving of fees;
(4) Exempting state agencies from filing and administrative fees; and
(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, for the purposes of facilitating further discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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