STAND. COM. REP. NO.  699

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1064

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1064, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT COURT PROCEEDINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue to protect Hawaii's children by clarifying language in the Child Protective Act, Chapter 587A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to ensure consistency in practice and compliance with applicable federal requirements, under federal Title IV-E.

     The Judiciary, Department of the Attorney General, and Department of Human Services testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments, for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 1064, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1064, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair