THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

 

COMMITTEE ON LABOR
 

Senator Bob Nakata, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Friday, February 8, 2002

TIME:

1:30 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

SB 2571

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. Enables retired members of the Employees' Retirement System who return to active service to participate in the State's Deferred Compensation Plan. (KIM, Chumbley, Matsuura, Hemmings, Sakamoto, Ige, Tam, Kanno, English, Inouye, Kawamoto)

LBR, WAM

SB 2715

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends various statutory provisions to simplify and facilitate the administration and processing of pension benefits. (Bunda (BR))

LBR, WAM

SB 2718

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Amends the amount that the State and each county shall contribute to the Employees' Retirement System. (Bunda (BR))

LBR, WAM

SB 2720

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Specifies that only the member's base salary, including shortage differential pay, is to be used to compute the member's average final compensation and determine the contributory plan member's contributions to the ERS. (Bunda (BR))

LBR, WAM

SB 3010

RELATING TO PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. Provides that if a firefighter retires because of a service-connected disability pursuant to section 88-79 and the former firefighter subsequently returns to service in any position other than a firefighter, the member's retirement allowance shall be two and one-half per cent of the member's average final compensation for each year of credited service as a firefighter. (NAKATA)

LBR, WAM

SB 2983

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Requires that the Employees' Retirement System invest an unspecified percentage of its investment portfolio in economically targeted investments and intellectual property. (ENGLISH)

LBR, WAM

SB 3078

RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE. Provides that a written designation of beneficiary for earned and unpaid wages is void if the beneficiary predeceases the employee, if employee and beneficiary divorce, if unmarried employee subsequently marries, or if employee enters into or terminates a reciprocal beneficiary relationship. (BUNDA)

LBR, WAM
     

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW, IF TIME PERMITS.

 

Persons wishing to testify should submit 35 copies of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 231, State Capitol, 24 hours prior to the hearing. Testimony may also be faxed if less than five (5) pages in length to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll-free for neighbor islands) at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to whom the testimony is being submitted, the date and time of the hearing, and the required number of copies needed for submittal.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Public Folder. A folder labeled "Public Folder" containing the measures and testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7330.

 

 

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Senator Bob Nakata

Chair, Committee on Labor