STAND. COM. REP. NO.  162

 

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 Labor & Public Employment, 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 harmonize service retirement requirements for members of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) who become judges after June 30, 2012.

 

     Prior to the enactment of Act 163, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011 (Act 163), the age and service requirements for retirement for judges were the same as other contributory members who became members of the ERS at the same time.  Act 163 enacted more stringent age and service requirements for individuals who became members of the ERS after June 30, 2012.

 

     This measure restores the age and service retirement requirements under sections 88-73(b) and 88-74(c) and (d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, for current members who become judges after June 30, 2012, to the same age and service retirement requirements as other contributory plan members who became ERS members prior to July 1, 2012.  Act 163 enacted more stringent retirement requirements for individuals who become members of the ERS after June 30, 2012, and for current members who become judges after June 30, 2012.  This will restore parity for judges with respect to the requirements for all other contributory plan members who became ERS members at the same time.

 

     The Judiciary and the ERS testified 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 H.B. No. 791 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