CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 101-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2008

RE:    S.B. No. 2977

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2977, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT,"

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 measure is to assist the child support enforcement agency to implement federally mandated requirements and streamline the child enforcement process in the State.

     Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Clarifies the requirement for notice to custodial parents regarding state income tax refund setoffs;

(2)  Creates an assistant administrator position for policy and planning;

(3)  With respect to the Child Enforcement Agency's review of support orders upon which a proposed order to modify child support is based, refers to the Agency's "review" rather than "periodic review";

(4)  Enables the child support enforcement agency to:

(A)  Request an administrative hearing; and

(B)  Sign proposed administrative orders when no request for an administrative hearing is received; and

(5)  Transfer two full-time equivalent positions performing similar functions from the County of Kauai to the Department of the Attorney General.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting reference to "(FTE)", "full-time", and "equivalent" in regards to the temporary civil service positions, on the recommendation of the Attorney General; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2008.

     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 S.B. No. 2977, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2977, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair
____________________________ BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair	____________________________ SHAN S. TSUTSUI, Co-Chair