THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR

Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

TIME:

09:30 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2749

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Corrects errors; harmonizes ordinary disability and ordinary death benefits for new members of the Employees' Retirement System with their service retirement benefits; and harmonizes age and service requirements for judges who are currently members of the Employees' Retirement System with the requirements for other contributory plan members.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 2750

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

To prevent unexpected increases in pension benefits and in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the Employees' Retirement System by limiting the amount of compensation included in "average final compensation" and requiring employers to pay the additional costs resulting from spiking.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 2751

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Changes one of the requirements to become a member of the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 2753

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Authorizes the board of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund to create a trust fund for the purpose of receiving employer contributions that will prefund post-employment health and other benefit costs for retirees and their beneficiaries.

 

JDL, WAM

SB 2701

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND.

Amends section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add a new definition of "credited service" and to clarify the definitions of "employee" and "part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employee."

 

JDL, WAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Clayton Hee

Chair