STAND. COM. REP. 299

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1115

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1115 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Child Support Enforcement Agency to:

(1) Issue income withholding orders upon request;

(2) Specify language required to be stated in child support orders issued by the Office of Child Support Hearings; and

(3) Modify requirements concerning transmission of notices and service of process generated by the Child Support Enforcement Agency.

The Attorney General testified in strong support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will improve efficiency and will ensure compliance with federal regulations that the Child Support Enforcement Agency must follow to maintain eligibility for federal funding.

Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1115, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1115, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

____________________________

ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair