STAND. COM. REP. NO.  987

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1379

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1379 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to conform State Unemployment Insurance (UI) law to federal law by:

 

     (1)  Excluding services by certain temporary migrant agricultural workers who are residents of foreign countries from the employment security law; and

 

     (2)  Treating Indian tribes similarly to government and nonprofit groups when providing coverage under the employment security law.

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Agriculture, and Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2007, to encourage continued discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1379, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1379, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair