STAND. COM. REP. NO.  639

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 788

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 788 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify reporting requirements for employers by defining "new hire" for the purposes of an employer's duty in relation to child support enforcement in order to comply with amendments made to the Social Security Act by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General supported this bill.

 

     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 H.B. No. 788 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair