STAND. COM. REP. NO.448-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2501
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2501 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that there are sufficient funds allocated to the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) to pay for workers' compensation claims by:
(1) Increasing the amount allocated for workers' compensation claims by $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001-2002; and
(2) Reducing the amount allocated for the unemployment insurance (UI) claims of former state employees by $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001-2002.
This bill will ensure that the State Workers' Compensation Fund will not be exhausted. At the same time, the $1,000,000 reduction for UI claims will not violate federal law and will be sufficient to support the State's UI obligations.
The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and DHRD testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 2501, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2501, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for 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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