STAND. COM. REP. NO.  106

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2468

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2468 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize and require the Employees' Retirement System to make direct payment to a spouse or former spouse of a system member or retirant of all or a portion of the member's or retirant's benefits pursuant to a Hawaii domestic relations order.  This measure also appropriates funds to the Employees' Retirement System for fiscal year 2016–2017 for:

     (1)  One full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) claims examiner position; and

     (2)  Planning and expenditures necessary for the implementation of this measure.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Employees' Retirement System and one individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2091, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2468, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2468, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair