THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2549
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to employment security.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii of 2006, section 4, as amended by Act 123, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 1, is amended to read as follows:

     "SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the unemployment insurance trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383‑123(b) the sum of $10,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007 for the purposes specified in this Act as follows:

     (1)  The sum of:

         (A)  [$5,004,720] $           shall be allocated to the Oahu workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the city and county of Honolulu;

         (B)  [$1,508,487] $           shall be allocated to the Maui workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Maui;

         (C)  [$1,258,994] $           shall be allocated to the Kauai workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Kauai; and

         (D)  [$1,900,554] $           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 [$200,000] $           shall be allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations to be used by the workforce development council to support state-wide activities under this Act[; and

(3) The sum of $127,245 shall be allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses to include but not be limited to the cost of providing oversight, monitoring, and reporting.  In addition, each of the county workforce investment boards and the workforce development council may use a portion of the sums allocated to the workforce investment boards and workforce development council to further compensate the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses that are not covered by the appropriation to the department of labor and industrial relations provided herein.  The compensation for the administrative expenses by the department of labor and industrial relations shall be negotiated between the department of labor and industrial relations and each of the county workforce investment boards and the workforce development council].

     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 by the department of labor and industrial relations; provided further that the appropriation made by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided further that all moneys appropriated by this Act shall not lapse until June 30, [2009] 2011."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Reed Act Funds; Workforce Investment Board; Appropriation

Description:

Amends the appropriations allocated to the workforce investment boards on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii; amends the appropriation to be used by the workforce development council; repeals the appropriation allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses.

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