CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.112
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 860
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 860, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this bill is to provide military service credit for veteran members of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS) who retired.
Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference used the S.D. 2 version of this measure as a base for the C.D. 1 version, and made several additional amendments, as discussed below.
First, your Conference Committee inserted a one-year window during which eligible veterans must claim the service credit. As amended, eligible veterans must claim the military service credit between July 1, 2001, and June 30, 2002.
In addition, based upon comments submitted by ERS, your Conference Committee amended this bill as follows:
(1) To specify that the benefits of this bill shall accrue to veterans who retired prior to 1989;
(2) To conform the language of this bill to the terminology used by the ERS;
(3) To prevent the beneficiaries of this bill from receiving double credit for their military service; and
(4) To appropriate $100,000 out of ERS investment earnings to cover the administrative expenses associated with this program.
Finally, your Conference Committee changed the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2001.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 860, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 860, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
_____________________________ TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BOB NAKATA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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