STAND. COM. REP. NO. 190________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 671
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 671 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PENSION AND RETIREMENT
     SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Employees'
Retirement System to recognize a division of property pursuant to
a court order or divorce decree, which affects the rights of the
persons named in the order or decree to pension, retirement, or
other benefits under Chapter 88, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The Employees' Retirement System (ERS) commented on this
measure.

     Currently, the ERS deducts court-ordered child support
payments from a retiree's pension.  Your Committee finds that
property divisions that result from a court order or divorce
decree are equally important and should receive equal recognition
by the ERS.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 671 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair