STAND. COM. REP. NO. 901
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 704
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 704, 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 assist unemployed individuals and to support efforts to develop a skilled workforce by:
(1) Authorizing the use of federal Reed Act moneys to provide unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and for the administration of the State's UI system, including its public employment offices;
(2) Appropriating $2 in Reed Act moneys for fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 to improve the services of the UI Division and Workforce Development Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR); and
(3) Providing for additional funding to the local workforce investment boards for, among other things, employer outreach services, labor force pool expansion, and capacity building.
DLIR, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Office of Economic Development of the County of Kauai, Kauai Chamber of Commerce, ILWU Local 142, Hale Opio Kauai, Inc., Kauai Workforce Investment Board, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Oahu Workforce Investment Board provided 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 H.B. No. 704, 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 TAKAMINE, Chair |
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