STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3649

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2671

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2671, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to various agencies to collaboratively assist dislocated workers and address the overall availability of gainful employment on the island of Molokai.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor, Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, County of Maui Council, County of Maui, Hawaii Crop Improvement Association, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee finds that it is important to the economy of the island of Molokai and the well-being of its residents to ensure that dislocated workers are made aware of and have access to gainful employment opportunities on the island.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2671, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair