STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1091

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 499
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
499, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to convert conservation and
resources law enforcement officers of the Department of Land and
Natural Resources from class C to class A members of the
Employees' Retirement System (ERS).

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawaii
Hunting Association, and two individuals testified in support of
the bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association testified
in support of the intent of the measure.  The Employees'
Retirement System commented on the bill.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Giving current conservation and resources law
          enforcement officers of the Department of Land and
          Natural Resources the option of converting from class C
          to class A members of ERS;

     (2)  Allowing current conservation and resources law
          enforcement officers of the Department of Land and
          Natural Resources to retire after 25 years of service
          irrespective of age;

 
 
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     (3)  Mandating that conservation and resources law
          enforcement officers of the Department of Land and
          Natural Resources hired after June 30, 1999, shall be
          class A members; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive revisions for style
          and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
499, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 499, H.D. 2.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair