STAND. COM. REP. NO.  489-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2468

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2468, H.D. 1, 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; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; Farrell & Associates; and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The Employees' Retirement System provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2468, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2468, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair