STAND. COM. REP. NO.  335-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3162

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 3162, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to better align the State's workforce development policies and programs with its economic policies by transferring the Workforce Development Council (WDC) from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT).

     DBEDT, DLIR, WDC, and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3162, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair