STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1149

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 131

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 131 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A JOINT AGENCY STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request a joint agency study on the impact of illegal immigration in Hawaii and a task force to determine investigation and enforcement actions to reduce the practice of hiring illegal or undocumented workers.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by three organizations.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State's current economic situation calls for more prudent state spending and improved enforcement of existing laws.  Your Committee recognizes this measure as a step toward preventing the hiring of undocumented workers, recovering funds owed to the State by companies that are found to hire undocumented workers, and preventing companies found to employ undocumented workers from doing business in the State.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure as follows:

 

     (1)  By requesting the Department of Agriculture to participate in the joint study and the task force;

 

     (2)  By requesting the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to serve as the lead agency for both the joint study and the task force, and requesting that DLIR will be responsible for submitting a report of the findings and recommendations of the joint study and of the task force to the Legislature; and

 

     (3)  By making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 131, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 131, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair