Bill Text: HI HB2015 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2015 (Prior Session Legislation)

HI State Legislature page for HB2015

Bill Title: Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Board of Trustees; Membership; Quorum

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-24 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [HB2015 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2015-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2015
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

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. (a) The board of trustees of the employer-union health benefits trust fund shall consist of [~~ten~~] trustees appointed [~~by the governor~~] in accordance with the following procedure:

(1) [~~Five~~] Six 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.~~]

(A) One trustee to be appointed by the exclusive bargaining representative for bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 13;

(B) One trustee to be appointed by the exclusive bargaining representative for bargaining unit 5;

(D) One trustee to be appointed by the exclusive bargaining representative for bargaining units 1 and 10;

(E) One trustee to be appointed by the exclusive bargaining representative for bargaining unit 11; and

(F) One trustee to be appointed by the exclusive bargaining representative for bargaining unit 12;

provided that all trustees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing exclusive bargaining representative; and

(2) Six trustees, five to represent public employers and one to represent retiree beneficiaries, as follows:

(A) One trustee shall be appointed by the governor to represent the State of Hawaii administration;

(B) One trustee shall be appointed by the governor from a nominee submitted by the University of Hawaii board of regents;

(D) One trustee shall be appointed by the mayor of the city and county of Honolulu;

(E) One trustee shall be appointed by at least two county mayors from the county of Hawaii or Maui or Kauai. The two remaining counties shall have an alternate as a trustee to sit in the absence of a county or city and county regular trustee; and

(F) One trustee shall be appointed by the governor to represent retiree beneficiaries;

provided that all trustees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(b) 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.

SECTION 2. Section 87A-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§87A-11[]] Quorum; board actions; voting. (a) [~~Six~~] Eight trustees, [~~three~~] four of whom represent the public employer and [~~three~~] four of whom represent employee-beneficiaries, 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~~] four 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~~] four 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) Any action taken by the board shall be by the concurrence of at least two votes. In the event of a tie vote on any motion, the motion shall fail. Upon the concurrence of [~~six~~] eight trustees, the board shall participate in dispute resolution."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.

Report Title:

Hawaii Employer-union Health Benefits Trust Fund; Board of Trustees; Membership; Quorum

Description:

Amends the composition, appointing authorities, and quorum requirements of the EUTF board of trustees. Effective January 7, 2059. (SD1)

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