Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 432, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to continue to train workers in new and emerging technology industries by appropriating funds for the Millennium Workforce Development Training Program (Program).

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and Healthcare Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Placing the Program under DBEDT instead of DLIR; and

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 432, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 432, H.D. 2.