§202-1  Council; appointment; tenure. 
The advisory commission on employment and human resources is hereby constituted
as the workforce development council.  The council shall also fulfill the
functions of the state workforce investment board for purposes of the federal
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law No. 105-220.



Except for the ex officio members or their
designees, the council members shall be appointed for four-year staggered terms
as provided for in section 26-34.  The governor shall appoint the chairperson
of the council and the two mayors to the council.  The council shall be
composed of thirty-one members.  The members shall be selected on the basis of
their interest in and knowledge of workforce development programs in the State
and how they can support economic development.  The council shall be composed
of the following representatives of whom the majority shall be from the private
sector:



(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 private business sector chairpersons
of the four county workforce investment boards, or their designees from the
private business sector membership of their respective boards, as ex officio
voting members;



(3)  Twelve additional private sector representatives
from business;



(4)  One representative from a community-based native
Hawaiian organization that operates workforce development programs;



(5)  Two representatives from labor;



(6)  Four members of the legislature, two from each
house 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;



(7)  Two mayors or their designees, as ex officio
voting members; and



(8)  The governor or the governor's designee.



The members shall serve without compensation
but shall be entitled to travel expenses when actually engaged in business
relating to the work of the council. [L 1965, c 270, §2; Supp, §98W-2; HRS
§202-1; am L 1970, c 170, §1; am L 1977, c 19, §1; am L 1985, c 252, §2; am L
1997, c 346, §2; am L 1999, c 72, §3; am L 2000, c 104, §1; am L 2005, c 179,
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