STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2848

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2142

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2142 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the deadline by which the State and counties are required to furnish payroll and personnel transaction information to the Employees' Retirement System in an electronic format.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Department of Budget and Fiscal Services City and County of Honolulu, Department of Personnel Services County of Maui, Department of Human Resources the County of Kaua‘i, Department of Human Resources County of Hawai‘i, Finance Department County of Hawai‘i, and Department of Human Resources the County of Kaua‘i. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Employees' Retirement System.

Your Committee finds that the state departments and counties have been working cooperatively with the Employees' Retirement System staff towards compliance including working jointly with software vendors to resolve issues of non-compliance. Your Committee further recognize the challenges in meeting the necessary requirements for all parties.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the deadlines for the agencies to comply to July 1, 2023.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2142, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2142, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair