STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2053

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 194

      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 Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 194, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON LABOR TO CONVENE A JOINT HEARING ON THE LABOR FORCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROPOSED TURTLE BAY RESORT EXPANSION AND OTHER POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON THE VIBRANT AND GROWING NORTH SHORE OF OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor and the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Public Employment to convene a joint hearing to consider the impact that an expanded labor force needed for the proposed expansion of the Turtle Bay Resort will have on the North Shore of Oahu.

     UNITE HERE! Local 5, Keep the North Shore Country, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 194, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Acting Chair and Vice Chair