STAND. COM. REP. NO. 574________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 876
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 876 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow parents who do not
contest their child support obligations and who are in good
standing with such payments to opt out of the Child Support
Enforcement Agency payment system.

     Testimony making comment and suggesting revisions to this
bill was received from the State Attorney General and the
Department of Human Services.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by allowing the Office
of Child Support Hearings to determine whether certain parents
may opt out of the Child Support Enforcement Agency payment
system.

     Your Committee finds that the provisions of this bill as
amended by your Committee will advance the efficient
administration of the Child Support Enforcement Agency payment
system.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 876, as amended herein, and recommends that

 
 
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it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 876, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair