STAND. COM. REP. NO. 708-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2403
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2403 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FEDERAL TAX LIMIT ON COMPENSATION APPLICABLE TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to preserve the tax-qualified status of the State Employees' Retirement System (ERS) by conforming state law to the provisions of Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Department of Budget and Finance and ERS Board of Trustees supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the appropriation amount;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2403, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2403, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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