Bill Text: HI HB1052 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Board of Trustees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-29 - Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 5 [HB1052 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB1052-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 87A-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§87A-5 Composition of board. The
board of trustees of the employer-union health benefits trust fund shall
consist of [ten] eight trustees [appointed by the governor in
accordance with the following procedure:
(1) Five trustees, one of whom shall
represent retirees, to represent employee-beneficiaries and to be selected as
follows:
(A) Three trustees shall be
appointed from a list of two nominees per trustee selected by each of the three
exclusive representative organizations that have the largest number of
employee-beneficiaries;
(B) One trustee shall be appointed
from a list of two nominees selected by mutual agreement of the remaining
exclusive employee representative organizations; and
(C) One trustee representing
retirees shall be appointed from a list of two nominees selected by mutual
agreement of all eligible exclusive representatives; and
(2) Five trustees to represent public
employers.
Section 26-34 shall not apply to board
member selection and terms. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, no exclusive representative of a bargaining unit that sponsors or
participates in a voluntary employee beneficiary association shall be eligible
to select nominees or to be represented by a trustee on the board.] as
follows:
(1) The director of finance or the director's designee, who shall serve as an ex officio trustee;
(2) Three trustees who shall be general employees, to be appointed by the three exclusive representative organizations that have the largest number of employee-beneficiaries; provided that each of the three exclusive representative organizations shall appoint one trustee;
(3) One trustee who shall be a retiree, to be appointed by mutual agreement of all exclusive representative organizations that do not appoint a trustee pursuant to subsection (2);
(4) One trustee who shall be a citizen of the State with at least three years of experience in the health care field, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate;
(5) One trustee who shall be a citizen of the State with at least three years of experience in the investment field, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate; and
(6) One trustee who shall be a citizen of the State, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.
As used in this section[, the term "exclusive
representative"]:
"Exclusive representative" shall have the same meaning as in section 89-2.
"General employee" includes police officers and fire fighters."
SECTION 2. Section 87A-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§87A-6 Term of a trustee; vacancy.
[The] (a) Not including the ex officio trustee, the term of
office of each trustee shall be [four] six years; provided that a
trustee may be reappointed for one additional consecutive [four-year] six-year
term.
(b) Not including the ex officio trustee, the trustees shall serve staggered terms; provided that the initial appointments shall be as follows: the trustees listed in section 87A-5(2) shall serve a term of six years; the trustee listed in section 87A-5(3) shall serve a term of five years; the trustee listed in section 87A-5(4) shall serve a term of four years; the trustee listed in section 87A-5(5) shall serve a term of three years; and the trustee listed in section 87A-5(6) shall serve a term of two years.
(c) A vacancy on the board shall be
filled in the same manner as the trustee who vacated that position was [nominated
or] appointed; provided that the criteria used for [nominating or]
appointing the successor shall be the same criteria used for [nominating or]
appointing the person's predecessor[; provided further that vacancies on the
board for each trustee position representing retirees and
employee-beneficiaries appointed under section 87A-5(1)(A) and (B) shall be
filled by appointment of the governor as follows:
(1) If a vacancy occurs in one of the
trustee positions described in section 87A-5(1)(A), then the vacancy shall be
appointed from a list of two nominees submitted by the exclusive employee
representative from among the three largest exclusive employee representatives
that does not have a trustee among the three trustee positions;
(2) If a vacancy occurs in a trustee
position described in section 87A-5(1)(B), then the vacancy shall be appointed
from a list of two nominees submitted by mutual agreement of the exclusive
employee representatives described in section 87A-5(1)(B); and
(3) If a vacancy occurs in the retiree
position described in section 87A-5(1)(C), then the vacancy shall be appointed
from a list of two nominees submitted by mutual agreement of all eligible
exclusive employee representatives].
(d) If by the end of a trustee's term the trustee is not reappointed or the trustee's successor is not appointed, the trustee shall serve until the trustee's successor is appointed."
SECTION 3. Section 87A-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§87A-11[]] Quorum;
board actions; voting. (a) [Six trustees, three of whom represent the
public employer and three of whom represent employee-beneficiaries,] Five
trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
[(b) Trustees representing the public
employers shall collectively have one vote. Trustees representing the
employee-beneficiaries shall collectively have one vote.
For any vote of the trustees representing
the public employers to be valid, three of these trustees must concur to cast
such a vote. In the absence of such concurrence, the trustees representing the
public employers shall be deemed to have abstained from voting.
For any vote of the trustees representing
the employee-beneficiaries to be valid, three of these trustees must concur to
cast such a vote. In the absence of such concurrence, the trustees
representing the employee-beneficiaries shall be deemed to have abstained from
voting.
An abstention shall not be counted as either
a vote in favor or against a matter before the board.
(c)] (b) Any action [taken]
by the board [shall] may be taken by [the concurrence
of at least two votes] a vote of the majority at a meeting. [In
the event of a tie vote on any motion, the motion shall fail. Upon the
concurrence of six trustees, the board shall participate in dispute resolution.]"
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Board of Trustees
Description:
Amends the membership, term length, and quorum requirements of the EUTF board of trustees
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