STAND. COM. REP. NO.  49-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1505

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1505 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure financial resources are reaching adult children receiving child support payments by statutorily requiring any child support payment for an adult child to be made directly to the adult child if the adult child:

(1)  Is presently enrolled as a full-time student in a university, college, or vocational school; or

(2)  Has been accepted into a university, college, or vocational school and plans to attend as a full-time student for the next semester.

Several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General and a concerned individual opposed this bill.  The University of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1505, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1505, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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MELE CARROLL, Chair