STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1619-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2977

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2977, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to bring the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) into compliance with federal law and improve CSEA actions.  Specifically, this bill:

     (1)  Clarifies, in accordance with federal law, the requirements for notice to custodial parents of state income tax refund setoffs;

     (2)  Creates another assistant administrator position within CSEA to develop and implement comprehensive planning and policy;

     (3)  Allows CSEA, on its own behalf, to request a hearing, instead of having to wait for one of the parties to make a request;

     (4)  Allows CSEA to sign proposed administrative orders when no request for a hearing is received by CSEA; and

     (5)  Transfers two personnel employed by the Family Support Division of the County of Kauai to the Department of the Attorney General (AG).

     The AG supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2977, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair