Bill Text: HI SB1270 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To The Workforce Development Council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-07 - Act 235, 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1363). [SB1270 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-SB1270-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1270

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the workforce development council.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 202-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "[[](b)[]]  Except for the ex officio members or their designees, the council members shall be appointed by the governor for four-year staggered terms as provided for in section 26-34.  The governor shall appoint the chairperson of the council.  The council shall be constituted as provided by P.L. 113-128 (29 U.S.C. 3111) of the following members:

     (1)  The directors of labor and industrial relations[, human services,] and business, economic development, and tourism; the superintendent of education; and the president of the University of Hawaii or their designees, as ex officio, voting members;

     (2)  The administrator of the division of vocational rehabilitation, department of human services, as an ex officio, voting member;

    [(2)] (3)  The private sector chairpersons of the four county workforce development boards, or their designees from the private sector membership of their respective boards, as ex officio, voting members;

    [(3)] (4)  Seventeen representatives from the private sector, including nonprofit organizations and businesses in the State, appointed from individuals nominated by state business organizations and business trade associations;

    [(4)] (5)  Eight representatives from labor organizations and workforce training organizations, two or more of whom shall be representatives of labor organizations who have been nominated by state labor federations, and one of whom shall be a labor representative from a community-based native Hawaiian organization that operates workforce development programs;

    [(5)] (6)  A member of each house of the legislature, for two-year terms beginning in January of odd-numbered years, appointed by the appropriate presiding officer of each house, as ex officio, voting members;

    [(6)] (7)  The four mayors or their designees, as ex officio, voting members; and

    [(7)] (8)  The governor or the governor's designee."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Workforce Development Council; Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

 

Description:

Replaces the Director of Human Services with the Administrator of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Human Services, as an ex officio, voting member on the Workforce Development Council.

 

 

 

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