Report Title:
Missing Child Center-Hawaii
Description:
Amends the name of the "Hawaii State Clearinghouse for Missing Children" to "Missing Child Center-Hawaii." (HB582 HD1)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
582 |
TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO MISSING CHILD CENTER-HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending the title of part VIII to read:
"[[]PART VIII.[] HAWAII STATE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MISSING CHILDREN] MISSING CHILD CENTER-HAWAII"
2. By amending the title and subsections (a) and (b) of section 28-121 to read:
"[[]§28-121[]] Hawaii state clearinghouse for missing children;] Missing child center-Hawaii; programs. (a) There is established within the department of the attorney general a program to be known as the missing child center-Hawaii, formerly known as the Hawaii state clearinghouse for missing children, to assist in the implementation of federal and state laws relating to missing children.
(b) The [Hawaii state clearinghouse for missing children] missing child center-Hawaii shall include programs to coordinate the efforts of state and county agencies with those of federal agencies in locating, recovering, and protecting missing children and to promote community awareness of the problem of missing children."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.