STAND. COM. REP. NO.  630-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2849

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2849 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase retirement benefits for police radio dispatchers by including police radio dispatchers as class A members of the Employees' Retirement System (ERS).

     The Honolulu Police Department, State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance and ERS Board of Trustees opposed this measure.

     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2849, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2849, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety & Military Affairs and Labor & Public Employment,

____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair