STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1230

                                 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 Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1003, S.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received, is to decrease the
number of cases at the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) by
allowing a parent who does not contest one's child support
obligations and who is in good standing to opt out of the CSEA
payment system.

     One individual testified in support of this measure.  The
Department of the Attorney General and the Hawaii State
Commission on the Status of Women testified in support of the
intent of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that presently, any alternative
arrangement or opt-out is permissible upon a legal finding that
is in the best interest of the child.  Therefore, your Committee
has deleted the substance and inserted language:

     (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;


 
 
 
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     (2)  Penalizing 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;

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1003, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
1003, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair