STAND. COM. REP. NO.  919-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1038

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1038, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Allow a court to decree a forfeiture of all or a portion of the retirement benefits of a member, former member, or retirant of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) convicted of a felony that the court finds is related to the employment of the member, former member, or retirant by the State or county; and

 

     (2)  Require the ERS to comply with the court order to suspend or deny payment to the member, former member, or retirant.

 

     ERS provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1038, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair