STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1167-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2228

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2228, S.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:

(1) Authorize the court to order the forfeiture of Employees' Retirement System (ERS) benefits of an ERS member, former member, or retirant upon conviction of the individual for a felony related to the State or county employment of the individual; and

(2) Preserve the right of designated beneficiaries to receive ERS benefits to which the beneficiary would otherwise have been entitled upon the death of the ERS member, former member, or retirant convicted of the felony.

The Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2228, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2228, S.D. 1, 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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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair