Bill Text: HI SB2220 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Boiler and Elevator Safety Law; Special Fund; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-05 - (S) Act 103, 6/1/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1205). [SB2220 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2220-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2662
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2220
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2220 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOILER AND ELEVATOR SAFETY LAW,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure the safety of Hawaii's residents who use boilers, elevators, escalators, moving walkways, amusement rides, and related equipment by establishing a special fund and fee schedule for the purposes of funding inspectors and staff to reduce the current inspection backlog.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure by the Department of Human Resources Development, Hawaii Government Employees Association, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and International Union of Elevator Constructors.
Your Committee finds that establishing a special fund and fee schedule will increase funding to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enable it to hire additional inspectors. More inspectors will mean increased safety for Hawaii residents. About seventy-five per cent of the elevators and half of the boilers in the State are operating without a current permit due to lack of available inspectors. There is also a backlog of critical load tests of elevators, internal inspections of escalators, and inspection of amusement rides.
Your Committee further finds that additional inspectors will help developers obtain building and occupancy permits faster, which, in turn, will reduce construction costs and facilitate additional construction projects.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the section of the measure authorizing the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish ten additional positions to carry out the purposes of chapter 397, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) Deleting the specific appropriation amounts for start-up costs to be deposited to the credit of the boiler and elevator special fund, and for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to carry out the purposes of this measure;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and
(4) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 2220, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2220, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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