STAND. COM. REP. NO.  776

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 169

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 169, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to address unemployment in the State by:

 

     (1)  Establishing an optional total unemployment rate                   trigger that will enable the State to access federal               extended benefits to allow unemployed workers to receive      unemployment benefits for an additional 13 weeks beyond       that provided by the State; and

    

     (2)  Appropriating $145,000 for fiscal year 2011-2012 for an        automated extended benefit claims system.

 

     ILWU Local 142 and Hawaii State AFL-CIO testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, and                   changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount, to        facilitate 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. 169, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 169, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair