STAND. COM. REP. NO.1425
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 733
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 733, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Fix the employer assessment rate for the Employment and Training Fund at .01 percent of taxable wages effective January 1, 2002; and
(2) Require employers who use training programs to contribute up to 50 percent of the cost of assistance.
Building Industry Association, RevaComm, and Title Guaranty of Hawaii, Inc., testified in support of this measure. Oceanic Institute supported this measure with amendments. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, United Public Workers, and Child and Family Service supported the intent of this measure.
The Hawaii Business League, King & Neel, Inc., Bay Harbor Company, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo, Dawson International, Inc., Pacific Shelving Company, Inc., Hawaii Test Borings, Inc., Hawaii Automobile Dealers' Association, National Federation of Independent Business-Hawaii, and Paradise Flower Farms, Inc., opposed this measure. A concerned citizen submitted comments.
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 S.B. No. 733, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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