CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 88

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 162

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 162, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FINANCES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to improve child support enforcement services in the state by:

(1)  Authorizing the Child Support Enforcement Agency to collect an annual fee of $25, and use in accordance with the requirements of federal Title IV-D, for nonpublic assistance collection services in those cases in which no public assistance has been paid to the custodial parent under Title IV-A and the State has collected at least $500 from the absent parent; and

(2)  Transferring the family support divisions of the City and County of Honolulu and the County of Hawaii whose functions, duties, responsibilities and activities relate to child support enforcement to the Department of the Attorney General (AG), effective October 1, 2007, without loss of pay, benefits, or where applicable, civil service status. 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by reverting to the language contained in Senate Draft 1 in Section 2 of the bill relating to the transfer of employees of the family support divisions of the County of Hawaii and of the City and County of Honolulu to the AG, for clarity and technical accuracy.  Your Committee on Conference notes that this language represents the consensus of the counties and the AG concerning this matter and believes that this language is more appropriate. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 162, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 162, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ TOMMY WATERS, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Co-Chair
____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Co-Chair	____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair