CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 143

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

 

RE:    H.B. No. 749

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 749, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the State's agricultural self-sufficiency and the attractiveness and opportunities for an agricultural education and livelihood by establishing the Hawaii Agriculture Workforce Advisory Board within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to, among other things, develop partnerships and engage in activities to further the development of the agricultural workforce in the State.

 

     This measure also appropriates an unspecified amount in general revenues to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to assist in the establishment and support of the Hawaii Agriculture Workforce Advisory Board.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that the farming community representative will serve for a two-year term;

 

     (2)  Specifying that the Hawaii Agriculture Workforce Advisory Board is not subject to the provisions of section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the selection and terms of members of boards and commissions;

 

     (3)  Requiring the Hawaii Agriculture Workforce Advisory Board to advise the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on the development of partnerships and other specified activities to further the development of the agricultural workforce in the State, rather than engage in such activities itself;

 

     (4)  Specifying that members of the Hawaii Agriculture Workforce Advisory Board will serve without compensation, but that the farming community representative will be reimbursed for those necessary expenses incurred during the performance of the representative's duties;

 

     (5)  Deleting the appropriation to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to assist in the establishment and support of the Hawaii Agriculture Workforce Advisory Board;

 

     (6)  Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 749, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 749, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.


 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair

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CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair

 

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Co-Chair

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RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair