Bill Text: HI HB921 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 921 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Employees' Retirement System; Payroll and Personnel Transactions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. [HB921 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB921-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	921
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 88-103.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§88-103.7[]] Information from the State and counties. (a) To fulfill its responsibilities under this chapter, the system [~~may~~] shall require any department or agency of the State or counties to furnish information to the system to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The system [~~may~~] shall specify the format in which the information shall be furnished. Without limitation of the foregoing, the system [~~may~~] shall require that information be furnished in electronic format and that information with respect to payroll and personnel transactions:

(1) Allocate payments, including bonuses, salary adjustments, payments for compensatory time, and workers' compensation, to monthly or other periods as requested by the system; [~~and~~]

(2) Specify the purpose or nature of the payment[.]; and

(3) Indicate any changes or errors in payments that require correcting or updating.

(b) All departments and agencies of the State or counties shall furnish the information required by the system pursuant to this section in the format required by the system. The system shall notify each department or agency of the State or counties that is required to furnish information to the system of any change in the required format for the information. Each department or agency shall have one hundred eighty days from the date of the receipt of the notice of a change in the required format to update the format in which the required information is provided to the system.

(c) If a department or agency of the State or county fails to furnish the system with the information required pursuant to this section, the State or county shall pay to the system, on the first day of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the failure to furnish the required information occurred, an amount equal to the employer contributions payable by the State or county, relative to the department or agency that is not in compliance with this section, during the fiscal year in which the failure to furnish the required information occurred. This amount shall be applied to contributions required under section 88-124 for the State and section 88-126 for the counties.

(d) If full payment of the amount required under subsection (c) is not made by the State or county on the first day of the fiscal year, then:

(1) Any unpaid amounts shall bear interest at the rate equal to the investment yield rate assumption in effect for actuarial valuations of the system; and

(2) Any payments received by the system for the State or county, except for payments made pursuant to sections 88-46, 88-100, and 88-326, shall be applied first to accrued interest and then to the amount required to be paid under subsection (c).

(e) The system may waive the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) if the system determines, in its sole discretion, that the failure by the department or agency to furnish the required information in the required format is the result of an unforeseen system failure, natural disaster, or other unforeseen event.

(f) The system shall annually submit to the department of budget and finance and the legislature, not later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, a report that details the following for the current fiscal year:

(1) Any department or agency of the state or counties that failed to comply with this section; and

(2) Any amounts required to be paid under subsection (c), including the anticipated amounts payable in the upcoming fiscal year, and identification of any state budget programs that may be affected."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Employees' Retirement System; Payroll and Personnel Transactions

Description:

Requires State and counties to furnish payroll and personnel transaction information to the Employees' Retirement System in the required format. If a department or agency fails to provide the information in the required format, the State or county will be required to pay to the system in a lump sum at the beginning of the fiscal year the amount equal to the employer contributions payable by the department or agency. Unpaid amounts bear interest.

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