THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

851

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 40-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§40-53  Salary and pension payments.  (a)  All payments for permanent settlements, specific and all other salaries, shall be drawn by the comptroller, payable to each individual to whom the State is directly indebted, except as provided for in section 40-58.  [No permanent settlements nor salary checks shall be paid by the director of finance until the person in whose favor the check is drawn shall have indorsed the person's signature thereon.]

     (b)  All employees [hired on or after July 1, 1998,] shall designate a financial institution account into which the State [is authorized to] shall deposit the employee's pay[.]; provided that permanent settlements shall be paid by check that shall be endorsed by the employee as a prerequisite for payment by the director of finance.  The comptroller may waive the requirements of this [section] subsection for any state employee upon request by the head of the employing department under policies prescribed by the comptroller. 

     (c)  The implementation of this section shall not be subject to negotiation under chapter 89."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2014.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Public Employees; Electronic Salary Payments

 

Description:

Requires the salary of all public employees to be paid by electronic deposit into the employee's designated financial institution beginning 1/1/2014.

 

 

 

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