STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1649

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 259
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 259 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE GOAL OF SECURING
     A "LIVING WAGE" FOR THE WORKERS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to support the
goal of securing a "living wage" for the workers of the State of
Hawaii, although the time is not yet ripe to legislate an
increase in the minimum wage that is tied to the cost-of-living
differential percentage between Hawaii and the entire United
States.

     The Hawaii Lawyers Care, the Hawaii State Commission on the
Status of Women, the Hawaii Area Program of the American Friends
Service Committee, and a member of the public testified in
support of this concurrent resolution.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
concurrent resolution to make technical, nonsubstantive changes
for clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 259, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as H.C.R. No. 259, H.D. 1.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair