STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1809_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1003
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1003, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide better enforcement in
the collection of child support payments by:

     (1)  Penalizing employers with fifty employees or more who
          fail to provide payment of salary, wages, or
          compensation within five working days of payment due to
          a parent obligated to pay child support;

     (2)  Penalizing the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA)
          when it fails to disburse child support payments after
          five working days from the date of collection, and
          giving these fines to the custodial parent; and

     (3)  Requiring CSEA to use interest realized from the
          Special Interest Bearing Account to improve child
          support enforcement services.

     Members of the public testified in support of this bill.
The Department of the Attorney General commented on this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your

 
 
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Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1003, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair