STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1938

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 194

       H.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, 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.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this resolution from Keep the North Shore Country, the `Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition, and 28 concerned individuals.  Your Committee also received testimony in opposition from the Vice President & General Manager of Turtle Bay Resort and the North Shore Career Training Corp.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor 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 Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair