STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2407

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2549

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2549, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the amount and allocations of a previous appropriation made out of the unemployment insurance trust fund for the benefit of the county workforce investment boards and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

     Your Committee received comments in support of the measure from the Mayor of Hawaii County, 12-Mile Kumiai Association, Alu Like, Going Home, Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Hawaii Community Correctional Center, Hawaii County Workforce Investment Board, Hawaii Island Workforce and Economic Development Ohana, Hawaii Island Workforce Investment Board, Oceanic Time Warner, Subaru Telescope (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Waiakea High School Senior Project, W.H. Shipman, and two individuals.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that further appropriations of federal Reed Act funds are necessary to enable the county workforce investment boards to continue to develop initiatives related to:  improving employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion, and capacity building; and providing support to a growing network of workforce investment board partners.

     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 S.B. No. 2549, 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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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair