STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1290

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 86
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.C.R.
No. 86 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE AUDITOR
     TO CONDUCT A FOLLOW-UP MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT
     ENFORCEMENT AGENCY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to
conduct a follow-up management audit of the Child Support
Enforcement Agency (CSEA).

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Attorney General.

     Your Committee finds that in 1992 and 1995, the Auditor
conducted a management audit and a follow-up audit, respectively,
of the CSEA.

     Your Committee finds that problems identified in the 1992
audit were being addressed and improvements were occurring when
the 1995 audit was conducted.  Despite these improvements, the
CSEA, the Auditor, and the Legislature still receive complaints
by parents that over-charging errors in record keeping still
occur.  This measure will provide the public and government
officials a report by which to evaluate what further changes, if
any, need to be made to the CSEA to ensure fairness and equity.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 86,
and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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