THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
851 |
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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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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