STAND. COM. REP. NO. 342-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2417
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2417 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve current procedures
for child support enforcement income withholding orders by:

     (1)  Providing a standard format for the income withholding
          order;

     (2)  Allowing the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) to
          notify an employer to terminate an order for income
          withholding; and

     (3)  Eliminating the requirement that the order for income
          withholding be served on an employer by certified or
          registered mail and establishing that only regular mail
          is required.

     The Attorney General testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will greatly improve
customer service at the CSEA and ensure that CSEA procedures
comply with federal requirements.

 
 
 
 
 
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     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. 2417 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair