STAND. COM. REP. NO. 42

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 726

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 726 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Repeal the Administrative Assistant position within the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD); and

 

     (2)  Reassign the responsibilities of the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Human Resources Development.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure is a housekeeping measure.  Although an Administrative Assistant position within DHRD was statutorily created through Act 57, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, this position is currently not funded nor authorized.  Your Committee recognizes that an Administrative Assistant VI position within DHRD was authorized through Act 248, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022.  According to testimony received by your Committee, the Administrative Assistant VI position within DHRD has been filled as of November 1, 2022.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 726, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 726, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Technology,

 

 

 

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair