STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1182

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 133

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 133, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize a court to decree a forfeiture of retirement benefits by a member, former member, or retirant of the Employees' Retirement System based on conviction of a felony that the court finds is related to employment with the State or any county.

The Employees' Retirement System submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding language that restricts the benefits of a designated beneficiary if the designated beneficiary was convicted of a felony based on the same set of circumstances that lead to the felony conviction of the member, former member, or retirant.

     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 S.B. No. 133, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 133, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair