STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1188-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2846

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2846, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ESTABLISHING A SECOND DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to restore the position of Second Deputy Director of the Department of Human Services.

The Department of Human Services; Department of Human Resources Development; and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2114, for the purpose of encouraging further discussion.

     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. 2846, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2846, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair