STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3247

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2868

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2868, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to specify details to facilitate the Employees' Retirement System's (ERS) implementation of processing Hawaii Domestic Relations Orders, which will begin on July 1, 2020, and enable the ERS to make direct payment of benefits to an alternative payee pursuant to, for example, a divorce decree.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Employees' Retirement System.

Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary for the ERS to implement the process of qualification, approval, and application of Hawaii Domestic Relations Orders. This measure specifies, among other things, that the ERS may release a member's information to an alternate payee pursuant to a complaint for divorce or divorce decree and the manner in which the ERS will prioritize multiple orders.

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. 2868, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair