STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1022

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 302

H.D. 1

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 H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a state YouthBuild Program under the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to assist nonprofit or public entities in applying and qualifying for federal YouthBuild grant awards; and

(2) Appropriate funds for administrative costs and to award grants to meet the state matching requirement for federal YouthBuild grant awards.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

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 H.B. No. 302, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair