Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2262 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow police officers who have been permanently medically disqualified from police work due to a service related disability to maintain their 2.5 percent retirement benefit for the years they served as a police officer.

The Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaii Department of Civil Service, County of Maui Department of Personnel Services, Honolulu Police Department, and SHOPO submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance and Employees' Retirement System (ERS) submitted comments.

Your Committee respectfully requests that ERS provide information to the Committee on Finance regarding the projected cost of implementing this bill.

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. 2262 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.