Report Title:
Employment Security; Reed Act
Description:
Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2007-08 in Reed Act funds for the Hawaii and Maui work force investment board. Appropriates funds to the workforce development division of the DLIR to assist dislocated workers, as allowed by the Wagner-Peyser Act. (CD1)
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2876 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
H.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
C.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the unemployment trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383-123(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to be allocated to the Hawaii county workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Hawaii to improve employer outreach and services, labor force pool expansion, capacity building, and to fund some shared costs for the operations of the one-stop career center; provided that the Hawaii county workforce investment board may use a portion of the sum allocated by this Act to compensate the department of labor and industrial relations for administrative expenses to include the cost of providing oversight, monitoring, and reporting; provided further that the compensation for the administrative expenses by the department of labor and industrial relations shall be negotiated between the department of labor and industrial relations and the Hawaii county workforce investment board.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act; provided that the Hawaii county workforce investment board shall be required to submit a workforce development plan that shall be approved by the workforce development council prior to the release of funds for the Hawaii county workforce investment board by the department of labor and industrial relations.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the unemployment trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383-123(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $1,508,487 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to be allocated to the Maui county workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Maui, particularly with regards to the unemployment stemming from the Molokai Ranch closing.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations of for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the unemployment trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383-123(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to be allocated to the workforce development division of the department of labor and industrial relations to assist workers dislocated by company closures and lay-offs; assist employers in finding suitable workers; and improve the delivery of services as allowed under the Wagner-Peyser Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. The appropriations made by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided further that all moneys appropriated by this Act shall lapse on June 30, 2010.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.