STAND. COM. REP. NO. 842

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1052
                                        S.D. 1




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.B. No.
1052, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the sunset date for
the child protective services reform coordinating committee from
June 30, 1999 to June 30, 2002.  The bill also exempts the
committee's operations from chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
and permits the committee to share data with the neighborhood
places, subject to confidentiality requirements.

     Your Committee finds that the coordinating committee needs
more time to fulfill its function and that extending its sunset
date for three years will enable it to accomplish its tasks.
Your Committee also finds that the coordinating committee is
already exempt from the public notice and public hearing
requirements of chapter 91, and that extending its exemption to
the entire law is appropriate at this time, given the relatively
short duration of its intended existence.

     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. 1052, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                   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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