Report Title:

Reed Act Funds; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

 

Description:

Clarifies the time period in which the department of labor and industrial relations may expend funds appropriated under Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006.  Clarifies restrictions on the use of funds. Effective June 29, 2007.  (HB751 HD1)

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

751

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to employment security.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, is amended by amending section 4 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 4.  There is appropriated from the unemployment insurance trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383‑123(b) the sum of $10,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007 for the purposes specified in this Act as follows:

     (1)  The sum of:

         (A)  $5,070,557 shall be allocated to the Oahu workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the city and county of Honolulu;

         (B)  $1,528,331 shall be allocated to the Maui workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Maui;

         (C)  $1,275,556 shall be allocated to the Kauai workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Kauai; and

         (D)  $1,925,556 shall be allocated to the Hawaii 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 centers within each county; and

     (2)  The sum of $200,000 shall be allocated to the department of labor and industrial relations to be used by the workforce development council [for the funding of positions to identify additional funds and resources] to support state-wide activities under this [act, with the goal of being self sufficient.] Act.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act; provided that each 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 by the department of labor and industrial relations[.]; provided further that no more than ten per cent of the sum appropriated under each subparagraph of paragraph (1) and the sum appropriated under paragraph (2) shall be used for administrative purposes; provided further that the appropriation 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 not lapse until June 30, 2009."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2007.