Bill Text: HI SB1571 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Workforce Development; Unemployment Trust Fund; Reed Act Funds; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1571 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1571-Amended.html
Report Title:
Workforce Development; Unemployment Trust Fund; Reed Act Funds; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates federal Reed Act funds for workforce investment boards to work in collaboration with the counties. (SD1)
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to appropriate federal Reed Act moneys to the department of labor and industrial relations for the following initiatives:
(1) As seed moneys to the department of labor and industrial relations to be used by the department of labor and industrial relations, in consultation with the local workforce investment boards of each of the four counties, to plan, develop, and implement a computer system that benefits workforce development activities and programs operated by the counties;
(2) To provide funds to assist the State's four local workforce investment boards. The funds will be used by the local boards 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 through the following:
(A) Employer outreach and services;
(B) Labor force pool expansion;
(C) Capacity building; and
(D) Servicing and maintaining the one-stop operating system; and
(3) To provide funds to Oahu's workforce investment board.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the unemployment trust fund from moneys deposited pursuant to section 383‑123(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010 for the purposes specified in this Act as follows:
(1) The sum of:
(A) $ shall be allocated to the Oahu workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the city and county of Honolulu;
(B) $ shall be allocated to the Maui workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Maui;
(C) $ shall be allocated to the Kauai workforce investment board, which shall work in collaboration with the county of Kauai; and
(D) $ 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 $ 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 statewide activities under this Act, with the goal of being self-sufficient.
The sums 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.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
