STAND. COM. REP. 1280
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1139
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1139, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY COURT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve educational services for parties involved in parentage actions, separating parents involved in matrimonial actions, and their minor children by:
(1) Specifying that the filing fee surcharge for separating parties shall apply to matrimonial actions where either party has a minor child, or to family court proceedings related to parentage actions;
(2) Raising the surcharge to $50;
(3) Allowing the court to collect the surcharge even after the surcharge has been initially waived; and
(4) Specifying that the Parent Education Special Fund, into which the proceeds derived from the surcharge are deposited, shall be used solely to provide education on all islands for separating parents in matrimonial actions, parties in parentage actions, and their minor children.
The Judiciary supported this bill.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1139, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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