Report Title:
Commission on Fatherhood; Membership
Description:
Replaces the Director of the Office of Children and Youth with an administrator of the Family Court or designee, and adds the Director of Public Safety or designee, as a member of the Commission on Fatherhood. (HB2070 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2070 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to a commission on fatherhood.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 156, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, as amended by Act 148, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, is amended by amending subsection (a) of section -3 of the chapter established in section 2 of the Act to read as follows:
"(a) The commission shall consist of [fifteen] sixteen members and reflect the geographic and cultural diversity of the [State] state. The membership shall include:
(1) Ex officio, the director of human services, superintendent of education, director of health, attorney general, [director of the office of children and youth,] director of public safety, an administrator of the family courts, and executive director of the office of youth services, or their designees; [and]
(2) Eight voting members shall be appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34, except as otherwise provided in this section, as follows:
(A) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted by the president of the senate, and two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(B) Four members shall be appointed by the governor from the community;
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(3) One voting member shall be designated by the Hawaii Coalition for Dads."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.