STAND. COM. REP. NO.  864

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1399

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1399 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INCARCERATED PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that:

     (1)  Paid participation in work, education, and vocational training programs by persons who are incarcerated, other than persons on work furlough; and

     (2)  Services performed by persons committed to penal institutions,

are excluded from the type of service that is considered employment under Hawaii's unemployment benefits law.

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Department of Public Safety testified in support of this bill. 

     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. 1399 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair