Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1303 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that all state agencies, including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), having control of funds other than the general fund, are required to reimburse the State for contributions made by the State to the Health Benefits Trust Fund (Trust Fund) on behalf of agency employees.

OHA testified in support of this measure.

This is a housekeeping measure which is intended to make clear that OHA, as an employer, is obligated to reimburse the State for any contribution the State makes to the Trust Fund on behalf of trustees who retire from state service.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1303 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Employment.