CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 132-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2478
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2478, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"
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 measure is to allow trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to participate in and receive the same retirement benefits as other state-elected officials.
Specifically, the measure provides that:
(1) Any trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in service on July 1, 2002, may become a member upon the trustee's election, in accordance with section 88-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by October 1, 2002;
(2) Any trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs elected or appointed after July 1, 2002, may become a member upon the trustee's election, in accordance with section 88-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(3) Any former trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs who is a class C member on July 1, 2002, may elect to enter class A membership or remain a class C member by October 1, 2002; and
(4) Any former trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who served during the period of July 1, 1993, through June 30, 2002, who becomes a member on or after July 1, 2002, may elect to become a class A or class C member within 30 days of entering or re-entering service.
The measure also specifies that:
(1) Any service as a trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs during the period of July 1, 1993, through July 1, 2002, if claimed by the member, shall be credited in the member's class at the time the service is acquired; provided that membership service shall be credited in accordance with sections 88-59 and 88-272;
(2) Any former trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs who retired from service prior to July 1, 2002, shall not be entitled to claim membership service as a trustee during the period July 1, 1993, through June 30, 2002; and
(3) Service rendered as a trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs during the period of July 1, 1993, through June 30, 2002, constitutes membership service for the retirement system.
Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended the measure by deleting the provisions that enable:
(1) Any former trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs who is a class C member on July 1, 2002, to elect to become a class A member or remain a class C member by October 1, 2002; and
(2) Any former trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who served during the period of July 1, 1993, through June 30, 2002, who becomes a member on or after July 1, 2002, to elect to become a class A or class C member within 30 days of entering or re-entering service.
Your Committee on Conference has also amended the measure by correctly numbering the last two sections of the bill and changing the effective date of the measure from July 1, 2010, to upon approval.
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 S.B. No. 2478, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2478, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ JONATHAN CHUN, Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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