Bill Text: HI HB1211 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Workforce Investment Act; DLIR; State-Funded Training Program; Appropriation ($)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB1211 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-HB1211-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1211
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to labor.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  (a)  The department of labor and industrial relations shall establish and operate a training program to augment and expand the reach of the workforce investment activities currently administered by the department pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, as amended.  The training program shall use state funds to develop and administer workforce investment activities to address the training needs of:

     (1)  Unemployed and underemployed workers;

     (2)  Veterans;

     (3)  Persons with disabilities;

     (4)  Persons with limited English proficiency;

     (5)  Homeless persons; and

     (6)  Persons recently released from incarceration.

Program funds shall be allocated to county workforce investment boards in proportion to the allocation of federal funds under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended, to each respective county.

     (b)  The director of labor and industrial relations shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to effectuate the purposes of this section.

SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $7,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2013-2014 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the establishment of a training program to expand the workforce investment activities administered by the department of labor and industrial relations under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  Section 383-128, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The moneys in the employment and training fund may be used for funding:

     (1)  The operation of the state employment service for which no federal funds have been allocated;

     (2)  Business-specific training programs to create a more diversified job base and to carry out the purposes of the new industry training program pursuant to section 394-8;

     (3)  Industry or employer-specific training programs where there are critical skill shortages in high growth occupational or industry areas;

     (4)  Training and retraining programs to assist workers who have become recently unemployed or likely to be unemployed;

     (5)  Programs to assist residents who do not otherwise qualify for federal or state job training programs to overcome employment barriers; [and]

     (6)  Training programs to provide job-specific skills for individuals in need of assistance to improve career employment prospects[.]; and

     (7)  For the period July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, costs to administer, manage, report, and oversee Title I programs funded under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, as amended, for which insufficient federal funds were allocated."

     SECTION 4.  If any part of this Act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition for the allocation of federal funds to the State, the conflicting part of this Act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this Act in its application to the agencies concerned.  The rules under this Act shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the State.

     SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013; provided that on July 1, 2014, section 3 of this Act shall be repealed, and section 383-128(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on December 31, 2010.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Workforce Investment Act; DLIR; State-Funded Training Program; Appropriation

 

 

Description:

Allows the Employment and Training Fund moneys to be used for a period of one year for costs to administer, manage, report, and oversee Title I programs funded under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for which insufficient federal funds were allocated.  Appropriates $7,000,000.  Provides for the adoption of rules.  Effective July 1, 2013.

 

 

 

 

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