STAND. COM. REP. NO.  359

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 791

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 791 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RETIREMENT OF JUDGES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to restore parity with respect to age and service requirements for judges who are members of the Employees' Retirement System with requirements for other contributory plan members who became members of the System at the same time.

 

     The Judiciary and Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     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 H.B. No. 791 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair