CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 96

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    S.B. No. 1090

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1090, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose and intent of this measure to require, rather than permit, the Employees' Retirement System to collect information from state and county departments and agencies in a required format and to penalize departments and agencies for failure to provide the required information.

     The measure also requires the Employees' Retirement System to submit reports to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Sessions of 2016 to 2020 on the progress of state and county departments and agencies in their efforts to comply with section 88-103.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended by this measure.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that this measure will facilitate the Employees' Retirement System's efforts to more expediently collect and process member information, thereby facilitating the prompt payment of retirement benefits to government retirees and their beneficiaries.

     Your Committee on Conference amended this measure by intentionally delaying the effective date until July 1, 2020, given agency concerns over compliance; provided that section 2 of the measure, which requires the Employees' Retirement System to submit progress reports to the Legislature, will remain effective upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1090, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1090, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair	___________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN,
	Chair
____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Co-Chair	____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair