STAND. COM. REP. NO. 725-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2713
H.D. 2
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. 2713, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Allow approximately 30 employees of the East-West Center (Center) to receive Medicare benefits upon their retirement; and
(2) Provide that the Center will reimburse the appropriate agencies for costs incurred in implementing the provisions of this bill as they apply to the Center.
The Center and East-West Center Employees Association AFSCME Local 928 submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Employee's Retirement System offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Eliminating new language allowing the Center to enter into agreements on behalf of the State;
(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. 2713, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2713, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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