CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 83(L&C)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An   Act  repealing   the   Governor's  Committee   on                                                                    
     Employment  of People  with Disabilities;  creating the                                                                    
     State Vocational Rehabilitation  Committee and relating                                                                    
     to  the  committee;  and  providing  for  an  effective                                                                    
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
7:12:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PAULA SCAVERA,  SPECIAL ASSISTANT,  DEPARTMENT OF  LABOR and                                                                    
WORKFORCE  DEVELOPMENT   explained  that   the  department's                                                                    
purpose is  to bring  the state  statute in  compliance with                                                                    
federal  laws.  She informed  that  the  combination of  two                                                                    
federally required committees  with similar memberships. The                                                                    
bill  allows for  telephonic meetings  which  may result  in                                                                    
cost savings.  Any additional cost  incurred by  the changes                                                                    
in the  membership is absorbed  by the  agency administering                                                                    
the   federal  programs   requiring   the  committees.   The                                                                    
difference between the  original bill and the CS  was to fix                                                                    
a typographical  error. She  mentioned the  numerous letters                                                                    
of support in the committee packets.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Ms. Scavera explained  that the fiscal note  included a zero                                                                    
appropriation with the expenses  absorbed by the department.                                                                    
Co-Chair  Hawker  added that  FN2  shows  a federal  receipt                                                                    
authority to expend on travel for $7,500.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Thomas  MOVED  to report  CSSB  83(L&C)  out  of                                                                    
Committee   with   individual    recommendations   and   the                                                                    
accompanying fiscal  note. There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                    
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 83(L&C) was REPORTED out  of Committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and   with  attached   previously  published                                                                    
fiscal note: FN2 (LWF).