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. 713 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that participation in work, education, and vocational training programs while incarcerated is excluded from the type of service that is considered employment for the purposes of statutory employee benefits requirements.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations testified in support of this bill. The Department of Public Safety commented on the measure and requested amendments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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. 713, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 713, H.D. 1.