Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 582, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to change the name of the Hawaii State Clearinghouse for Missing Children to the Missing Child Center-Hawaii.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of the Attorney General.

This is a housekeeping measure designed to update the Hawaii Revised Statutes by replacing the Hawaii State Clearinghouse for Missing Children with the Missing Child Center-Hawaii. The purpose and duties of this program, however, remain the same.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 582, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.