Bill Text: HI SB2077 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: ERS; HHSC; Separation Benefits; Early Retirement; EUTF

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-07-28 - Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 4) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the Senate. [SB2077 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2077-Amended.html

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HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT

 

 

FLOOR AMENDMENT NO.                                                     Date                                              

 

TO:     S.B. No. 2077, S.D.1, H.D.2, C.D.1

 

            SECTION 1.  S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1, section 2, is amended by amending paragraphs (6) and (8) of the proposed new subsection    -3(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, on page 6, lines 18-19, and page 7, line 5, to clarify that an employee shall qualify for the special retirement benefit, if the employee:

 

             (1)      Became a class H member prior to July 1, 2012, and has at least twenty-five years of credited service, irrespective of age, rather than thirty years of credited service and is at least fifty years of age; or

 

             (2)      Became a class H member after June 30, 2012, has at least twenty-five, rather than thirty, years of credited service, and is at least fifty-five years of age.

 

SECTION 2.  S.B. No. 2077, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1, subsection (b) of section 3 is amended as follows:

 

1.         By amending paragraph (1) to read:

 

    "(1)  For retired employees based on the self plan with at least nine years but fewer than twelve years of service, a monthly contribution equal to one-half of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution set forth under section 87A-33(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that retired employees who were hired after June 30, 1996, but before July 1, 2001, with dependent-beneficiaries, as that term is defined in section 87A-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be eligible for a monthly contribution equal to one-half of the base medicare or non-medicare monthly contribution for two-party or family plans, as applicable, set forth in section 87A-33(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes;"

 

2.         By amending paragraph (4) to read:

 

    "(4)  Upon the death of a retired employee hired after June 30, 1996, but before July 1, 2001, for the dependent-beneficiary who becomes eligible as an employee-beneficiary, a monthly contribution equal to paragraphs (1), (2), or (3), as applicable; and upon the death of a retired employee hired after June 30, 2001, for the dependent-beneficiary who becomes eligible as an employee-beneficiary, a monthly contribution equal to one-half of paragraphs (1), (2), or (3), as applicable."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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