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HI SB2768

Bill

Status

Passed

6/13/2022

Primary Sponsor

Lorraine Inouye

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Governor to designate the Department of Land and Natural Resources to administer a green jobs youth corps providing temporary work and training in natural resource management, agriculture, or other sustainability-related professions.

  • Limits green jobs youth corps participation to young adults age 38 or younger, with program duration of 9 to 12 months.

  • Requires the Department to partner with organizations that have either received accreditation from the Corps Center of Excellence Accreditation Program or have at least 10 years of experience providing similar statewide programming.

  • Appropriates $5,000,000 from general revenues for fiscal year 2022-2023 to fund salaries for up to 1,000 program participants, with allowance for federal or outside funding to match state funds.

  • Effective July 1, 2022.

Legislative Description

Relating To The Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps.

Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Act 033, on 06/08/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133).

6/13/2022

Committee Referrals

Finance3/22/2022
Water & Land3/10/2022
Ways and Means2/18/2022
Water and Land1/24/2022

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