STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1567

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 888

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 888 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify reporting requirements for employers by defining "new hire" for the purposes of an employer's duty in relation to child support enforcement in order to comply with amendments made to the Social Security Act by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011.

The Department of the Attorney General and a concerned individual supported this measure.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 888, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 888, H.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair