CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.82-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 733
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 733, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to fix the employer assessment rate for the Employment and Training Fund at .01 per cent of taxable wages as of January 1, 2002, and to delete the sunset provision.
Your Committee finds that training the State's workforce to keep up skills and develop new ones helps keep Hawaii's employed at the cutting edge of their chosen professions and occupations. Furthermore, your Committee finds that small businesses, which generally cannot afford training costs, have accessed the employment and training fund to their advantage.
Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by:
(1) Requiring employers to contribute fifty percent, rather than up to fifty percent, of the cost of programs of the Employment and Training Fund;
(2) Adding provisions recommended by the Auditor as contained in Auditor's Report No. 01-08, Audit of the Employment and Training Fund, that establish criteria and standards to effectively administer the programs and functions of the Employment and Training Fund; and
(3) Changing the effective date from January 1, 2002, to July 1, 2002.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 733, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 733, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BOB NAKATA, Chair |
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____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair |
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