Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2901 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to remove outdated and redundant requirements from the garnishment law by repealing the requirements that:

Your Committees find that employers are mandated by law to furnish the employee a pay stub or similar record detailing the amount and purpose of each deduction from wages. Similarly, when a bank account is garnished, the withdrawal of funds is reflected in the debtor's monthly statement. These changes have made the receipt requirement in the garnishment law redundant and obsolete.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2901 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.