STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1300-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3061

      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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 3061 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 replacing references to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children and the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Act with the correct references under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Temporary Assistance for Other Needy Families laws.  This bill also incorporates work activity participation requirements in current federal regulations.

     The Department of Human Services testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 3061, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3061, H.D. 1.

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

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ALEX M. SONSON, Chair