SB2876

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2876
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the unemployment trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383‑123(b) the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 for the purposes specified in this Act as follows:

(1) The sum of:

(A) $ shall be allocated to the Oahu workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the city and county of Honolulu;

(B) $ shall be allocated to the Maui workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Maui;

(C) $ shall be allocated to the Kauai workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Kauai; and

(D) $ shall be allocated to the Hawaii workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Hawaii,

to improve employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion, capacity building and to fund some shared costs for the operations of the one-stop career centers within each county; and

(2) The sum of $ shall be allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations to be used by the workforce development council for the funding of positions to identify additional funds and resources to support statewide activities under this Act, with the goal of being self-sufficient.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act; provided that each county workforce investment board shall be required to submit a workforce development plan that shall be approved by the workforce development council prior to the release of funds for that county workforce investment board by the department of labor and industrial relations.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________