Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1145 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), Unemployment Insurance (UI) Division, to use federal funds transferred to Hawaii, pursuant to the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Act), to support the UI Division's ongoing efforts to implement an interactive voice response that will permit claimants to file new claims and weekly certifications by telephone.

Specifically, this bill amends existing state law to conform to the requirement of the Act by requiring that moneys credited to the State's account in federal fiscal years ending in 2000, 2001, and 2002, be used solely for the administration of the unemployment compensation program.

DLIR submitted testimony in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1145 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.