STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1454

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 90
                                     




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 H.C.R. No. 90 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CHILD SUPPORT
     ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO REPORT ON WAGE ASSIGNMENT PAYMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to protect
children and families from an inefficient child support
enforcement system (system) by requesting the Child Support
Enforcement Agency (CSEA) to report on:

     (1)  The current status of the system;

     (2)  The steps taken to improve the system; and

     (3)  The future steps necessary to make the system function
          efficiently and effectively.

     The Department of the Attorney General commented on this
measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary to
ensure that complaints such as late checks and missing payments
are resolved, thereby raising the standard of living for
custodial parents and children.


 
 
 
 
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     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 90 and recommends that it 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