STAND. COM. REP. NO.  516-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3139

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 3139 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FIRST-TO-WORK PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to conform state law to current federal law by deleting references to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Act and replacing them with "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" (TANF) and "Temporary Assistance for Other Needy Families" (TAONF), the current federal program references.

     The Department of Human Services supported this bill.

     Your Committee finds that the house-keeping amendments to Hawaii law made by this bill will ensure the implementation of the correct and current federal regulations regarding the work requirements for recipients of TANF or TAONF.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3139 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair