STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1159

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 751

      H.D. 1

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. 751 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support workforce and economic development by:

     (1)  Extending the time period in which the Department of               Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) may expend Reed              Act monies appropriated under Act 190, Session Laws of        Hawaii 2006 (Act 190);

     (2)  Removing restrictions placed on funds used by the              Workforce Development Council that conflict with federal      restrictions; and

     (3)  Providing DLIR with up to 10 percent of these funds for        administrative purposes.

     DLIR, the Workforce Development Council, and the Workforce Investment Boards of the City and County of Honolulu, County of Maui, County of Hawaii, and County of Kauai testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to June 29, 2007; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.

     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. 751, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 751, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair