STAND. COM. REP. NO.  375

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 895

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 895 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSE FEES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to support vital statistics and marriage license operations, and various domestic violence services by:

     (1)  Increasing the fees for obtaining a marriage license from $60 to $100;

     (2)  Depositing specified portions of the amount of the increase into the:

          (A)  Spouse and Child Abuse Special Account;

          (B)  Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Special Fund; and

          (C)  Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund; and

     (3)  Appropriating $500,000 from the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund for activities related to registration, processing, and issuance of vital records.

The Department of Health, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center, and Community Safety & Support testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 895, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 895, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair