STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1330

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.R. No. 168

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.R. No. 168 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING A JOINT AGENCY STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request a joint agency study on the impact of illegal immigration on Hawaii's economy and public resources.

     The Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, and the Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding the Department of Agriculture to the agencies requested to prepare and conduct a joint study;

(2) Making the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) the lead agency to conduct a joint study on the impact of illegal immigration in Hawaii; and

(3) Making DLIR the lead agency of the task force to submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the task force.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 168, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 168, H.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair