§202-1 Council; appointment; tenure. The advisory commission on employment and human resources is hereby constituted as the workforce development council. The council shall also fulfill the functions of the state workforce investment board for purposes of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220.

The council members shall be appointed for four-year staggered terms as provided for in section 26-34. The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the council. The council shall be composed of twenty-nine members. The members shall be selected on the basis of their interest in and knowledge of workforce development programs in the State and how they can support economic development. The council shall be composed of the following representatives of which the majority shall be from the private sector:

(1) The directors of labor and industrial relations, human services, and business, economic development, and tourism; the superintendent of education; and the president of the University of Hawaii, as ex officio voting members;

(2) Fifteen private sector representatives from business, including at least one member from each of the four county workforce development boards;

(3) One representative from a community-based native Hawaiian organization that operates workforce development programs;

(4) Two representatives from labor;

(5) Four members of the legislature, two from each house, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house; and

(6) Two mayors or their representatives.

The members shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to travel expenses when actually engaged in business relating to the work of the council. [L 1965, c 270, §2; Supp, §98W-2; HRS §202-1; am L 1970, c 170, §1; am L 1977, c 19, §1; am L 1985, c 252, §2; am L 1997, c 346, §2; am L 1999, c 72, §3]