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HI Rev Stat § 88-157 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-157 Use of donations, contributions, gifts, or bequests.

 §88-157 Use of donations, contributions, gifts, or bequests. All moneys received by the board of trustees as donations, contributions, gifts, or bequests to be used for the purposes set forth in this part shall be deposited into a special trust fund to be known as the "Police Officers, Firefighters, and Bandsmen Pension System Trust Fund" to be used for the purposes for which the moneys were received. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §3; RL 1925, pt of §2163; RL 1935, pt of §7905; RL 1945, pt of §6173; RL 1955, §6-137; am L 1963, c 65, §2i; HRS §88-157; am L 1983, c 124, §15]
HI Rev Stat § 88-158 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-158 Disability retirement benefits.

 §88-158 Disability retirement benefits. Whenever any member of the police force, fire department, or band of any county shall, on examination by the medical board provided for in section 88-155, be found to be disabled physically or mentally because of any injury received or disease contracted while in the performance of the member's duty so as to render necessary the member's retirement from the service on the police force, fire department, or band of the county, then the board of trustees shall authorize a monthly payment to the person from the pension system of a sum equal to not less than one-quarter nor more than three-quarters of the person's average monthly compensation for the ten years (or less, if the person has had less than ten years) of the person's service, as defined in section 88-166, immediately preceding the person's adjudication of disability by the medical board. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §3; RL 1925, pt of §2163; am L 1933, c 46, pt of §1; RL 1935, pt of §7905; RL 1945, pt of §6173; RL 1955, §6-138; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-158; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-159 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-159 Reexamination of disability beneficiary; hearing.

 §88-159 Reexamination of disability beneficiary; hearing. After any member of the police force, fire department, or band has been retired upon pension by reason of disability, the board of trustees shall have the right at any time to cause the retired member again to be brought before it and examined by the medical board, and shall also have the right to examine other witnesses for the purpose of discovering whether the disability still continues, and whether the retired member should remain on the pension roll; but the retired member shall be retained on the pension roll until reinstated in the service of the police force, fire department or band, except in case of dismissal or resignation. The retired member shall be entitled to notice, and to be present at the hearing of evidence, shall be permitted to propound any question pertinent or relevant to the matter and shall also have the right to introduce evidence upon the retired member's own behalf. All witnesses so produced shall be examined under oath and any member of the board of trustees is authorized to administer the oath. Should the retired member recover from the retired member's disability and be, in the opinion of the medical board, again fit for active duty, then the member shall again be put on active duty and full pay, and from the time the board of trustees shall decide that the member is fit for active duty, the member shall cease to be entitled to any payments out of the pension system because of disability for which the member was retired. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §3; RL 1925, pt of §2163; am L 1933, c 46, pt of §1; RL 1935, pt of §7905; RL 1945, pt of §6173; RL 1955, §6-139; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-159; gen ch 1985] Cross References  Hearings, generally, see chapter 91.
HI Rev Stat § 88-160 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-160 Service retirement benefits.

 §88-160 Service retirement benefits. (a) Any member of the police force, fire department, or band who has been in the service of any county as a member of the police force, fire department, or band for twenty years and less than twenty-five years, upon the member's written application to the board of trustees to be retired, shall be retired from the police force, fire department, or band, and the member shall thereafter receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to forty per cent of the average monthly compensation for the five years of the member's service, as hereinafter defined, immediately preceding the date of the member's retirement.  (b) Any member of the police force, fire department, or band who has been in the service of the county as a member of the police force, fire department, or band for twenty-five years, upon the member's written application to the board to be retired, shall be retired from the police force, fire department, or band and the member shall thereafter receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation for the five years of the member's service, as hereinafter defined, immediately preceding the date of the member's retirement.  (c) Any member of the police force, fire department, or band who has been in the service of the county as a member of the police force, fire department or band for more than twenty-five years, upon the member's written application to the board to be retired, shall be retired from the police force, fire department, or band and the member shall thereafter receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation for the five years of the member's service, as hereinafter defined, immediately preceding the date of the member's retirement, plus two per cent for each year in excess of twenty-five years, but not in excess of eighty per cent. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §3; RL 1925, pt of §2163; am L 1933, c 46, pt of §1; RL 1935, pt of §7905; RL 1945, pt of §6173; am L 1953, c 149, §1; RL 1955, §6-140; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; am L 1967, c 131, §1; HRS §88-160; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-161 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-161 Dismissal after twenty years' service; pensions.

 §88-161 Dismissal after twenty years' service; pensions. Any member of the police force, fire department or band who is dismissed therefrom for any cause other than for being convicted of a felony, after the member shall have been in actual service for twenty years or more, shall receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to forty per cent of the average monthly compensation for the ten years of service immediately preceding the member's dismissal. [L 1917, c 220, §7; RL 1925, §2167; am L 1933, c 46, §4; RL 1935, §7910; RL 1945, §6179; RL 1955, §6-141; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-161; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-162 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-162 Dismissal after ten years' service; pension.

 §88-162 Dismissal after ten years' service; pension. Any member of the police force, fire department, or band in any county not having a civil service commission, who shall be dismissed from service without cause after the member shall have been in actual service for ten years or more, but not exceeding twenty years and who shall be unable through sickness or other disability to support oneself and one's dependents, shall receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to twenty-five per cent of the average monthly compensation for the ten years of service immediately preceding the member's dismissal so long as so disabled. [L 1917, c 220, §8; RL 1925, §2168; am L 1933, c 46, §5; RL 1935, §7911; RL 1945, §6180; RL 1955, §6-142; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-162; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-164 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-164 Benefits in lieu of other payments.

 §88-164 Benefits in lieu of other payments. The benefits set forth in this part shall be in lieu of any or other compensation payable to a member of a police force, fire department, or band or any of the member's dependents under or on account of chapter 386, or any other claim or demand against the county by whom the member is employed. However, the member of the police force, fire department, or band or the member's dependents may, at the member's or their election, waive the benefit provided for in this part and in lieu thereof claim any compensation or benefits that would otherwise be payable to the member or the member's dependents under chapter 386, or in any manner authorized by law. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §3; am L 1923, c 99, pt of §2; RL 1925, pt of §2163; am L 1929, c 9, pt of §1; RL 1935, pt of §7905; RL 1945, pt of §6173; RL 1955, §6-144; HRS §88-164; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-165 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-165 Adjustments of pensions.

 §88-165 Adjustments of pensions. The board of trustees shall have full authority, within the limits set down in this part, to review all pensions previously granted or which are hereafter granted under this part and make adjustments considered fair, reasonable, or necessary. [L 1939, c 86, pt of §3; RL 1945, pt of §6173; RL 1955, §6-145; HRS §88-165]
HI Rev Stat § 88-166 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-166 Computation; service as police officer, firefighter, or bandsman.

 §88-166 Computation; service as police officer, firefighter, or bandsman. To entitle anyone to be retired because of time of service only, the time served by the person upon the regularly constituted police force, fire department, or band on which the person shall then be serving, or of the Territory or the Republic of Hawaii, its predecessor, shall be computed, but all times so served by the person before, as well as after May 2, 1917, shall be included in the computation. No time served by any person as a special police officer or a police officer solely paid by any private person, or as a merchant police officer, shall be considered in computing the length of service of the person in the police force. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §3; RL 1925, pt of §2163; RL 1935, pt of §7905; RL 1945, pt of §6173; RL 1955, §6-146; HRS §88-166; am L 1983, c 124, §15; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-167 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-167 Computation; prior credits.

 §88-167 Computation; prior credits. The board of trustees of the pension system for each county shall include and take into consideration, when computing the period of service of each member of the pension system to determine the member's eligibility for retirement and also to determine the amount of any pension allowable to the member on such retirement, not only service as a police officer, firefighter, or bandsman in such county, but any other service under the government of the county, for which service the member would be entitled to "prior service credit" or "membership service" as defined in part II, if the member had become a member of the retirement system on January 1, 1928, as a person then in the service of the county.  No additional credit for service other than as a police officer, firefighter, or bandsman, provided for by this section, shall be given to any member of the pension system unless the member shall have, on or before December 31, 1941, applied to the trustees of the pension system upon such forms and in accordance with such rules as the trustees shall prescribe, for the additional service credit.  This section shall apply to persons pensioned before, as well as after, April 30, 1941, but any increase of pension resulting from the additional service credit allowed under this section shall not be retroactive as to pension payments made prior to April 30, 1941. [L 1941, c 133, § §1, 2; RL 1945, §6174; RL 1955, §6-147; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-167; am L 1983, c 124, §15; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-168 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-168 Orders, discipline, medical examination, etc.

 §88-168 Orders, discipline, medical examination, etc. Any member of the police force, fire department or band placed on the retired list, except those who have served on the force for twenty years or more and have retired for that reason, shall report for duty to the head of the police force, fire department or band, respectively, from time to time as may be ordered by the board of trustees or may be provided for in the bylaws of the board and shall be subject to the orders and discipline of the head of the police force, fire department, or band, respectively, and shall perform such duties as may be required of the member and for which, in the opinion of the medical board, the member may be fit, and for which the member shall be allowed full pay. For any refusal to obey these orders and for a breach of discipline, the head of the police force, fire department or band, as the case may be, shall report the member at once to the civil service commission in any county having a civil service commission, otherwise to the county council for such action as it may be deemed proper for the good of the service. The member shall be subject to punishment and dismissal in the same manner as those in active service. Any pension the retired member may have received shall cease in case of the retired member's expulsion, and the pension for any refusal to obey orders and all other breaches of discipline as aforesaid shall be subject to whatever orders may be deemed proper by the civil service commission, or the county council as the case may be. The medical board shall make all examinations of the members of the police force, fire department, or band of the county whenever requested by the board of trustees or whenever requested by any member, for the purpose of certifying to the member's physical or mental condition to the board of trustees. [L 1917, c 220, §4; RL 1925, §2164; am L 1933, c 46, §3; RL 1935, §7907; RL 1945, §6176; RL 1955, §6-148; HRS §88-168; gen ch 1985] Revision Note  "County council" substituted for "board of supervisors".
HI Rev Stat § 88-169 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-169 Payments of pensions; inalienable.

 §88-169 Payments of pensions; inalienable. If at any time there should not be sufficient money to the credit of the pension system to pay all claims against it in full, claims on account of the death of members of the police force, fire department, or band, shall be paid first in full with as little delay as possible, after which an equal percentage shall be paid upon all other claims to the full extent of the funds on hand until the funds be replenished so as to pay them in full. All pensions shall be paid by the treasurer at the treasurer's office at the same time and in such installments as the members of the police force, fire department, or band are paid. All pensions granted and payable out of the pension system shall be exempt from seizure or levy upon attachment, execution, supplemental process, and all other process whether mesne or final and shall not be subject to sale, assignment, or transfer by any beneficiary. [L 1917, c 220, §5; RL 1925, §2165; RL 1935, §7908; RL 1945, §6177; RL 1955, §6-149; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-169; gen ch 1985] Case Notes  Lack of assignability is an indication of lack of survival of a cause of action. 34 H. 667.
HI Rev Stat § 88-170 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-170 Forfeiture of pension.

 §88-170 Forfeiture of pension. Whenever any person who has received a pension from the pension system fails to report oneself for examination for duty (unless excused by the board of trustees), or disobeys the requirements of the board in respect to such examination, or fails to perform such duty as may be required of the person if found able to perform such duty, then the board shall order that the pension allowed and paid to the person shall cease permanently or temporarily. [L 1917, c 220, §6; RL 1925, §2166; RL 1935, §7909; RL 1945, §6178; RL 1955, §6-150; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; am L 1967, c 169, §1; HRS §88-170; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-171 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-171 Public hearings; notice.

 §88-171 Public hearings; notice. All adjudications by the board of trustees required by this part in connection with applications for pensions, revocations of pensions, or otherwise, shall be made by the board only after public hearings, public notice of which shall be given by the board at least once at least ten days before the date of hearing, and actual notice of which shall be given to the person concerned, if available, which notice shall specifically state that the person interested shall have the right to be present in person or by representative and to be represented by counsel. [L 1933, c 46, §6; RL 1935, §7914; RL 1945, §6183; RL 1955, §6-151; HRS §88-171; am L 1998, c 2, §26]
HI Rev Stat § 88-181 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-181 Pension boards created.

 §88-181 Pension boards created. There shall be a pension board, hereafter referred to as the "board", for each of the counties of the State, with full authority, within the limits prescribed by law, to make investigations necessary to comply with this part and to grant pensions to employees and former employees of their respective counties, who are or were ineligible to the benefits of the employees' retirement system, and are not the recipients or beneficiaries of pensions from the State or any county, or to the widows of the employees. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L 1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); am L 1941, c 299, §1; RL 1945, pt of §6184; RL 1955, §6-160; HRS §88-181]
HI Rev Stat § 88-182 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-182 Members: appointment, terms, removals.

 §88-182 Members: appointment, terms, removals. Except in the counties of Hawaii and Maui, each pension board shall consist of five members to be appointed for terms of five years. The original members shall be appointed for staggered terms so that one shall expire on June 30 of each year. All vacancies occurring otherwise than by expiration of the term shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. One of the members shall be named by the appointing power as chairperson. The members shall be appointed by the mayor, or chairperson of the council of the county, as the case may be, with the approval of the council, and the members may be removed by the appointing power with the approval of the following number of other members of the council: in the city and county of Honolulu, five; in the county of Kauai, three.  The pension board for the county of Maui and the county of Hawaii shall consist of the chairperson of the council of the county, the county auditor, and the county treasurer. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L 1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); am L 1943, c 116, § §1, 2; RL 1945, pt of §6184; RL 1955, §6-161; HRS §88-182; am L 1998, c 124, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 88-183 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-183 Qualifications.

 §88-183 Qualifications. Except in the counties of Hawaii and Maui, no person shall be appointed as a member of the pension board unless the person be a registered voter who has resided for five or more years in the county for which appointed; no person shall be eligible for membership or be a member of any such board, who occupies any elective or appointive office or position under any county government; and no member of any of such boards shall, during the term for which the member was appointed, serve as an officer or committee member of any political party or organization, nor shall the member present oneself as a candidate or be a candidate for nomination or election to any public office in any primary or general election during the term. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L 1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); RL 1945, pt of §6184; RL 1955, §6-162; am imp L 1967, c 80, §1; HRS §88-183; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-184 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-184 Expenses; appropriations.

 §88-184 Expenses; appropriations. The members of the pension boards shall serve without pay, but the respective county councils shall appropriate annually a sum sufficient to, and shall, defray the necessary expenses of the boards, including moneys required to cover the payment of pensions granted under this part; provided that the board of water supply of the city and county of Honolulu shall annually appropriate sufficient moneys to cover, and there shall be paid from such moneys, pensions granted under this part as a result of employment in the service of the board of water supply. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L 1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); RL 1945, pt of §6184; RL 1955, §6-163; HRS §88-184] Revision Note  "County councils" substituted for "boards of supervisors or council".
HI Rev Stat § 88-185 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-185 Assistants; county clerk, attorney, and treasurer.

 §88-185 Assistants; county clerk, attorney, and treasurer. The county clerk shall be the ex officio secretary of the pension board of the clerk's county and shall keep in a separate book a true and correct account of the proceedings of the board. The county attorney shall be the legal advisor of the board of the attorney's county; provided that the board, with the approval of the council of the county, may employ private legal counsel. The county treasurer shall be the ex officio treasurer of the board of the treasurer's county. The county auditor shall audit all accounts of the pension fund of the county and the county auditor shall draw all warrants payable therefrom, which warrants shall be drawn only upon a voucher certified by the chairperson, or acting chairperson, and one other member of the board. The county treasurer shall collect all moneys belonging to the fund, have the custody of all its notes, bonds, and other securities, if any, and collect the principal and interest of the same, and the treasurer shall be liable on the treasurer's bond as treasurer for the faithful accounting of all moneys that may come into the treasurer's hands belonging to the pension fund. The treasurer shall, upon the expiration of the treasurer's term of office, account to the board for all moneys, notes, bonds, and other securities coming into the treasurer's hands and the proceeds of the same, and turn over to the treasurer's successor all moneys, notes, and other securities remaining in the treasurer's hands and belonging to the pension fund. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L 1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); am L 1941, c 249, §1; RL 1945, pt of §6184; RL 1955, §6-164; HRS §88-185; am L 1998, c 124, §8]
HI Rev Stat § 88-186 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-186 Meetings.

 §88-186 Meetings. Each pension board shall meet at least once each quarter. No board shall defer action upon any application for a pension beyond the second quarterly meeting following the date of the filing thereof. [L 1937, c 237, §1; am L 1939, c 112, pt of §1(a); RL 1945, pt of §6184; am L 1947, c 87, §1; RL 1955, §6-165; HRS §88-186]