STAND. COM. REP. NO. 681

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 641
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Agriculture and Labor and Public
Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 641 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     AGRICULTURAL BACK-TO-WORK PILOT PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Agricultural
Back-to-Work Program (Program), which was established under Act
255, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, by:

     (1)  Extending the repeal date of the Program by four years
          until July 1, 2004; and

     (2)  Appropriating funds for the Program.

     The Department of Agriculture (DOA) submitted testimony in
support of the overall concept of the bill and offered amendments
to the bill to address concerns regarding Act 255 as enacted.

     Your Committees note testimony in which DOA indicated that
the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) and the
Department of Human Services (DHS) concur with the amendments to
the bill as provided by DOA.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended
this bill by:

     (1)  Extending the repeal date of the Program for two years
          to July 1, 2002, instead of for four years to July 1,
          2004;

     (2)  Inserting appropriation amounts of $1 for each year of
          the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium to facilitate further
          deliberation on the financial aspects of the bill;

     (3)  Amending the administration and purpose of the Program
          under section 4 of Act 255; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Agriculture and Labor and Public Employment that
are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with
the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 641, as amended herein, and
recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 641, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

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

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair         FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair