STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1678

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 851

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 3

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 851, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to bring the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) into compliance with federal law and to increase agency efficiency by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that all income withholding payments be sent to CSEA or another state's enforcement agency;

 

     (2)  Requiring the custodial parent to elect to receive child support payments through an electronic benefits transfer system or direct deposit, and if such election is not made, allowing CSEA to determine a method that complies with the time frame required under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act;

 

     (3)  Allowing an electronic copy or facsimile of a signature on certified mailers to serve as proof of service for certified mail;

 

     (4)  Clarifying that child support enforcement agencies other than CSEA may enforce a child support lien;

 

     (5)  Requiring payment to an entity seeking to enforce a child support lien once that entity has complied with state procedural rules; and

 

     (6)  Requiring CSEA to use only the last four digits of the obligor's Social Security Number on the notice of child support lien.

 

     The State Attorney General and Department of Human Services supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 851, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 851, S.D. 1, H.D. 3.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair