STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2470

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2758
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2758 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the child support
enforcement laws in order to comply with Title IV-D of the Social
Security Act.  More specifically, this bill provides:

     (1)  For the use of a standard format for the income
          withholding order as required by the federal
          government;

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

     (3)  That the order for income withholding may be served
          upon an employer by regular mail, personal service, or
          electronic transmission.

     Your Committee finds that these proposed amendments will
help to improve customer service at the Child Support Enforcement
Agency.  The use of a standard form for income withholding will
be helpful to employers because all income withholding orders
will look the same, no matter which state issues the order.  Your
Committee further finds that adopting a standard form will
eliminate any confusion regarding the validity of the order when

 
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Hawaii employers are served directly with an out-of-state income
withholding order under the Uniform Interstate Family Support
Act.  In addition, by allowing the CSEA to notify an employer
that an income withholding order has been terminated, the process
is stream-lined and eliminates the time-consuming and costly
process of obtaining a court order to terminate the income
withholding.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Child Support Enforcement Agency and one individual.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by making technical, non-substantive changes for the
purposes of clarity and style.

     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 S.B. No.
2758, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2758, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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