STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2114

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1141

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Transfer the rights, powers, functions, duties, and resources of the Department of Education relating to workers' compensation for the Hawaii State Public Library System and its employees to the Department of Human Resources Development;

(2) Establish one full-time equivalent position within the Department of Human Resources Development for the management and administration of workers' compensation for the Hawaii State Public Library System and its employees; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the workers' compensation costs of the Hawaii State Public Library System and its employees.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Public Library System.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the number of positions to be established to an unspecified number;

(2) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair