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HI SB3081
Bill
Status
3/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Rosalyn Baker
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AI Summary
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Appropriates funds from general revenues for fiscal year 2016-2017 to establish, administer, and support on-the-job training programs for workers dislocated by the closure of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui.
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Addresses the loss of over 600 jobs (approximately 2% of Maui's workforce) resulting from the closure of the State's last sugar plantation.
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Offsets the expiration of Job-Driven National Emergency Grant funds from the U.S. Department of Labor that were set to expire on June 30, 2016, making them unavailable to workers laid off in latter 2016.
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Directs the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to expend appropriated funds for on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities for dislocated workers.
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Takes effect on July 1, 2091 (note: the specific appropriation amount is not filled in the bill text).
Legislative Description
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company; Dislocated Workers; Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kawakami, Kobayashi, Kong, Luke, Pouha, Rhoads excused (6).
3/22/2016