STAND. COM. REP. NO.  736-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2217

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2217, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to create a highly skilled labor workforce by allowing the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish working groups to identify high growth industries, workforce needs, and develop training programs.  This measure also appropriates funds for this purpose.

 

     The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO and Hawaii Primary Care Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations commented on this measure.

 

     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. 2217, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair