04/24/2000 07:20 PM House FIN

CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 289(FIN) am                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
An Act relating to technical and vocational education                                                                           
and to employment assistance and training; and                                                                                  
providing for an effective date.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Therriault provided members with a proposed                                                                            
committee substitute, work draft 1-LS1525\W, Ford, dated                                                                        
4/24/00.  [Copy on File].                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MIKE TIBBLES, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE THERRIAULT, reviewed the                                                                    
proposed committee substitute noting the changes. In Section                                                                    
3, there is a reduced percentage of wages from 2/10th to                                                                        
1/10th of a percent.  Additionally, there has been a change                                                                     
to the employee contribution amount reduced from 2/10th to                                                                      
1/10th of 1%.  Mr. Tibbles noted that the percentage amounts                                                                    
from the first year operations indicated on Page 6 had been                                                                     
changed.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative J. Davies asked if the funding of the State                                                                      
Training Employment Program (STEP) program had been                                                                             
included. Co-Chair Therriault interjected that the funding                                                                      
for the STEP program was attached to the fiscal note and                                                                        
that it would be determined in Conference Committee.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Mulder MOVED to ADOPT the work draft. There being                                                                      
NO OBJECTION, it was adopted.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DWIGHT PERKINS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND                                                                    
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, commented that reduction was                                                                             
appreciated.  He suggested that 5/10th would be a better                                                                        
amount.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Therriault commented that there would need to be                                                                       
new fiscal notes. Mr. Tibbles noted that there might be a                                                                       
replacement fiscal note for the Senate Finance Committee                                                                        
with a new number of $3.225 million dollars. He noted that                                                                      
there are two fiscal notes included in the packet.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MARY JACKSON, STAFF, SENATOR JOHN TORGERSON, explained that                                                                     
the proposed new program would be for a 9 month collection                                                                      
instead of 12 months.  She reiterated that the STEP program                                                                     
would be 12 months and the new program would run for 9                                                                          
months.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Perkins noted that the Department would provide an                                                                          
updated fiscal note.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster MOVED to report HCS CS SB 289 (FIN)                                                                       
out of Committee with individual recommendations and with                                                                       
the accompanying fiscal notes.  There being NO OBJECTION, it                                                                    
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
HCS CS SB 289 (FIN) was reported out of Committee with a "no                                                                    
recommendation" and with fiscal notes by the House and                                                                          
Senate Finance Committees and Department of Labor and                                                                           
Workforce Development.