Bill Text: HI SR64 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging that correctional facility projects use Hawaii union contractors and workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Referred to PSM/JDL, WAM. [SR64 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SR64-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	64
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging THE USE OF hawaii-based union contractors and workers FOR state correctional facility construction or renovation projectS.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii is obligated to operate a system of correctional facilities to house those members of society who have been convicted of crimes and must be incarcerated for potential rehabilitation and to ensure the safety of society; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State's correctional facilities are in need of repair and expansion; and

 

     WHEREAS, most correctional facilities have reached or exceeded their maximum prisoner capacities, and the State has contracted with facilities in other states to hold Hawaii inmates; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State needs to construct additional correctional facilities to hold Hawaii inmates who are currently held in other states; and

 

     WHEREAS, state officials have indicated a desire to bring Hawaii inmates held in other states back to Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Governor has indicated that the State is seeking public-private partnerships to build additional correctional facilities; and

 

     WHEREAS, the construction of any new correctional facility on state land must comply with state procurement and contracting laws and other state requirements; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, that for the construction or renovation of any correctional facility in Hawaii, the state administration is urged to require:

 

     (1)  Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act;

 

     (2)  That all workers involved in the project be domiciled in the State of Hawaii; and

 

     (3)  That all general contractors and subcontractors involved in the project sign a project labor agreement with general and specialty craft unions; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and the Director of Public Safety.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Urging that correctional facility projects use Hawaii union contractors and workers.