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HI Rev Stat § 88-127 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-127 Guaranty.

 §88-127 Guaranty. Regular interest charges payable, the creation and maintenance of reserves in the pension accumulation fund and the maintenance of annuity reserves and pension reserves as provided for the payment of all pensions, annuities, retirement allowances, refunds, and other benefits granted under this part, and all expenses in connection with the administration and operation of the system are made obligations of the State and of the respective counties. All income, interest, and dividends derived from deposits and investments authorized by this part shall be used for the payment of such obligations. After June 30, 1964, the income shall include capital gains or losses, whether realized or unrealized, in the value of the retirement system assets as taken from time to time thereafter by the board of trustees. It is hereby declared that any and all sums contributed or paid from whatever source to the system for the funds created by this part, and all funds of the system including any and all interest and earnings of the same, are and shall be held in trust by the board for the exclusive use and benefit of the system and for the members of the system and shall not be subject to appropriation for any other purpose whatsoever. [L 1925, c 55, §11; am L 1933, c 181, §2; am L Sp 1933, c 10, §5; RL 1935, §7929; am L 1935, c 48, § §2, 5; RL 1945, §714; RL 1955, §6-103; am L 1965, c 222, §17; HRS §88-118; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 181, §7] Attorney General Opinions  Trustees may not waive penalty for prepayment of loan of retirement system funds. Att. Gen. Op. 62-22. Case Notes  Employees' retirement system (ERS) board of trustees' contention that no statute in chapter 88 provides that ERS owes a duty to individual members to provide individual notice and counseling, particularly absent a request for information was incorrect where, reading §88-27 and this section in para materia, the ERS board is charged with the duty to diligently and honestly administer all funds held in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of the system and for the members of the system. 108 H. 338, 120 P.3d 237.
HI Rev Stat § 88-131 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-131 Definitions.

 §88-131 Definitions. As used in sections 88-131 to 88-142:  "Service in the armed forces": active service (1) in military service, as defined in section 88-132, or (2) in any other essential war service covered by the Servicemen's Act.  "Service member": a member of the system who is entitled to the benefits provided by the Servicemen's Act.  "Servicemen's Act": includes section 88-132 and any other act extending benefits similar to those of the section to other classes of persons in essential war services. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-110; HRS §88-121; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1] Revision Note  Definitions rearranged.
HI Rev Stat § 88-132 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-132 Service credit; payment of contributions.

 §88-132 Service credit; payment of contributions. (a) Every active member of the system who leaves active service of the State or any county for the purpose of entering the military service of the United States in time of war or declared national or state emergency, or is called involuntarily to active duty after June 24, 1950, shall, so long as the member remains in military service, be allowed service credit in the system to the same extent as if the member were continuously in the active service of the State or county, as the case may be, in the position which the member held immediately prior to the member's entry into military service; provided that in no event shall the allowance of service credit exceed a period of four years.  (b) The State or county, as the case may be, in whose service the member was employed immediately prior to the member's induction into military service shall pay all contributions to the pension accumulation fund and to the annuity savings fund, and any other payment to the system, which would otherwise be payable to the system by the State, the county, or the member if the member had remained continuously in the active service of the State or county, as the case may be, during the period of the member's military service; provided that:  (1) The cumulative length of time for which a member shall be entitled to payment of the contributions shall not exceed four years;  (2) The member returns to state or county government service within ninety days of release from active duty or dies in the performance of the member's military service; and  (3) The member's release from active duty was under honorable conditions.  (c) The State or county, as the case may be, shall pay all contributions required to be made under subsection (b) within sixty days after:  (1) The member returns to state or county government service; or  (2) The State or county, as the case may be, receives notice of the member's death in the performance of the member's military duty.  (d) If the State or county, as the case may be, fails to pay the contributions within the time specified in subsection (c), the State or county, as the case may be, shall also pay to the system regular interest from the date the member returned to state or county government service or the date of the member's death in the performance of the member's military duty until payment is made. Regular interest paid on the portion of the contributions that would have been payable by the member shall be included in the member's accumulated contributions. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-111; HRS §88-122; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 116, §1; am L 1989, c 100, §3; am L 2006, c 169, §22; am L 2011, c 163, §19] Attorney General Opinions  Employee called to active duty as member of armed forces reserve is entitled to benefits provided by this subpart. Att. Gen. Op. 63-34.
HI Rev Stat § 88-133 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-133 Benefits and conditions applicable to service member.

 §88-133 Benefits and conditions applicable to service member. All service members shall by reason of their retention of membership in the system under the Servicemen's Act, have the status, be entitled to the benefits, and be subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in sections 88-131 to 88-142. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-112; HRS §88-123; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 88-134 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-134 Service retirement benefit.

 §88-134 Service retirement benefit. If a service member has terminated the service member's service with the armed forces and otherwise complies with the requirements of sections 88-73, 88-281, or 88-331, as applicable, the service member shall be entitled to a service retirement benefit to be computed as provided in sections 88-74, 88-282, or 88-332, as applicable, including and taking into consideration the service credit preserved and allowed to the service member by the Servicemen's Act. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-113; HRS §88-124; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2004, c 179, §17]
HI Rev Stat § 88-135 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-135 Ordinary disability retirement benefit.

 §88-135 Ordinary disability retirement benefit. If a service member terminates the service member's service in the armed forces and complies with and fulfills the requirements of sections 88-75, 88-284, or 88-334, as applicable, including and taking into consideration the service credit preserved and allowed to the service member under the Servicemen's Act, the service member shall be entitled to the ordinary disability retirement benefit prescribed in the applicable section, computed as provided in sections 88-76, 88-284, or 88-335, including and taking into consideration the service credit preserved and allowed to the service member under the Servicemen's Act. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-114; HRS §88-125; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2004, c 179, §18]
HI Rev Stat § 88-136 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-136 Accidental disability benefit.

 §88-136 Accidental disability benefit. Any member who has been incapacitated for duty by accident, act of war, or otherwise, occurring while the member is not in the service of the State or any county, shall not by reason of such incapacity be entitled to the accidental disability benefit provided for by sections 88-79, 88-285, or 88-336, but in such event if the member can qualify for an ordinary disability retirement benefit as hereinabove provided, the member shall receive the ordinary disability retirement benefit. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-115; HRS §88-126; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1998, c 151, §11; am L 2004, c 179, §19]
HI Rev Stat § 88-137 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-137 Ordinary death benefit.

 §88-137 Ordinary death benefit. If any service member dies, the service member shall be deemed to be on authorized leave without pay for the purposes of the ordinary death benefit provided in sections 88-84, 88-286(b), and 88-338. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-116; HRS §88-127; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2004, c 179, §20; am L 2006, c 169, §23]
HI Rev Stat § 88-138 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-138 Accidental death benefit.

 §88-138 Accidental death benefit. If a service member dies by accident, act of war, or other cause, occurring while the service member is not in the active service of the State or any county, the death shall not be an accidental death and shall not be eligible for accidental death benefits under sections 88-85, 88-286(c), and 88-339; however, the ordinary death benefit shall be payable as provided in section 88-137. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-117; HRS §88-128; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2004, c 179, §21; am L 2006, c 169, §24]
HI Rev Stat § 88-139 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-139 Return of contributions.

 §88-139 Return of contributions. Any service member may resign from the system at any time, if the service member so chooses, and upon such resignation the service member shall be entitled to the return of the service member's accumulated contributions as provided in sections 88-96 and 88-341, including any amount to the service member's credit in the annuity savings fund which shall have been contributed by the State or any county under the Servicemen's Act, but the service member shall cease to be entitled to any of the benefits of the Servicemen's Act or of sections 88-131 to 88-142, except the return of accumulated contributions, upon the effective date of the service member's resignation. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-118; HRS §88-129; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2004, c 179, §22]
HI Rev Stat § 88-140 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-140 Duration of service member's status.

  §88-140 Duration of service member's status. (a) An active member of the system who leaves active service of the State or any county for the purpose of entering the military service of the United States in time of war or declared national or state emergency, or is called involuntarily to active duty after June 24, 1950, shall be entitled to the benefits of sections 88-134, 88-135, and 88-137:  (1) For so long as the member remains in active full-time military service, up to an aggregate of five years; and  (2) For an additional period ending on the earlier of:  (A) The ninety-first day after the termination of the member's eligibility for benefits pursuant to paragraph (1); or  (B) The day the member returns to the active service of the State or a county.  (b) If a service member resigns from employment by the State or a county and waives the service member's right to reemployment, the service member's status shall be the same as a regular member who terminated the regular member's employment as of the earlier of:  (1) The effective date of the service member's resignation from employment; or  (2) The expiration of the service member's rights under subsection (a). [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-119; HRS §88-130; am L 1969, c 61, §1 and c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2006, c 169, §25]
HI Rev Stat § 88-141 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-141 Computation of compensation earned or earnable.

  §88-141 Computation of compensation earned or earnable. In any case where it shall become necessary, for the purposes of sections 88-131 to 88-142, to determine the compensation or average compensation of a member of the system during any period of the member's service in the armed forces, or during any period immediately thereafter while the member was not an employee as defined in section 88-21, the member's rate of compensation during the period shall, for the purposes of sections 88-131 to 88-142, be deemed to have been that which the member would have received but for the member's service in the armed forces. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-120; HRS §88-131; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 2008, c 41, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 88-142 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-142 Right of amendment or repeal reserved; retroactive effect.

 §88-142 Right of amendment or repeal reserved; retroactive effect. The provisions of sections 88-131 to 88-142 shall not be deemed to constitute a contract with any service member and the legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal the sections at any time as to any benefit or allowance not accrued prior to the time of the amendment or repeal.  The sections shall apply retroactively, as well as prospectively, to all persons entitled to the benefits of the Servicemen's Act. [L 1951, c 262, pt of §3; RL 1955, §6-121; HRS §88-132; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 88-151 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-151 Application.

 §88-151 Application. No member of the police force, fire department, or band who on May 2, 1927, was receiving a pension from the State shall be a beneficiary under this part. This part shall not apply to any police officer, firefighter, or bandsman entering service after December 31, 1927, and no such person or the person's dependent widow, child or children, father or mother, sister or brother, or other relative or dependent shall receive any pension or other benefit under this part. [L 1917, c 220, §9; RL 1925, §2169; am L 1927, c 249, §2; RL 1935, §7912; RL 1945, §6181; RL 1955, §6-130; HRS §88-151; am L 1983, c 124, §15; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-152 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-152 Certain other employees included.

 §88-152 Certain other employees included. Whenever used in this part the term "police force" includes among others, jailors, turnkeys, guards, matrons, lunas, and cooks employed in any county jail.  This section shall apply only to county employees in service on December 31, 1927, who, if members of the police force on that date, would be or would have been entitled to membership in one of the pension systems provided for by this part, and who shall have applied to the board of trustees of the pension system in which they are entitled to claim membership under this section before January 1, 1932. No employee who complies with this section shall be held to have waived the employee's right to membership in any such system by reason of the employee's having joined or become a member of the employees' retirement system after December 31, 1927, but the membership in the system shall cease when the person becomes a member of any pension system.  The board of trustees shall pass upon the applications and determine whether or not the applicants are entitled to membership under this section. [L 1931, c 286, § §1, 2; RL 1935, §7913; RL 1945, §6182; RL 1955, §6-131; am L 1963, c 65, §2b; HRS §88-152; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 88-153 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-153 Police officers, firefighters, and bandsmen pension system; trustees, powers.

 §88-153 Police officers, firefighters, and bandsmen pension system; trustees, powers. There shall be in every county a police officers, firefighters, and bandsmen pension system which shall be governed and managed by a board of trustees. In each county the board shall consist of three members, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the county council in each instance. The terms of office of the trustees first taking office shall expire as designated by the appointing authority at the time of appointment, one after one year of service, one after two years of service, and one after four years of service. The terms of subsequent trustees shall be for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, occurring prior to the expiration of the term, shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. The appointing authority shall designate one of the trustees as chairperson of the board in each instance. No person shall be eligible for membership or be a member of the board who occupies any elective or appointive office or position under the county government, and no member shall, during the member's term of office, serve as an officer or committee member of any political party organization, or present oneself as candidate or be a candidate for nomination or election to any public office in any primary or general election. The members of the board of trustees shall serve without pay.  The board may take by gift, grant, devise or bequest any money, choses in action, personal property, real estate, or any interest in anything of value, under the name and style of "The board of trustees of the police officers, firefighters, and bandsmen pension system" of the county in which the board shall be created, and hold the same or assign, transfer, or sell the same whenever proper or necessary under and by such name.  Any county that does not have a constituency for this pension system shall be exempt from these requirements. [L 1917, c 220, pts of § §1, 2; RL 1925, pts of § §2161, 2162; RL 1935, pts of § §7903, 7904; am L 1939, c 86, pt of §1; RL 1945, pts of § §6171, 6172; RL 1955, §6-132; am L 1963, c 65, §2d, e, f; am imp L 1967, c 80, §1; HRS §88-153; am L 1983, c 124, §15; gen ch 1985, 1993; am L 1998, c 261, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 88-154 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-154 Officers of the board; duties.

 §88-154 Officers of the board; duties. The county clerk shall ex officio be the secretary of the board of trustees 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 adviser of the board. The treasurer of the county shall ex officio be the treasurer of the board. The auditor of the county shall audit all accounts of the pension system and shall draw all warrants payable therefrom, which warrants shall be drawn only upon the order of a majority vote of the three members of the board, which order shall be certified to by the chairman and one other member of the board. The treasurer shall collect all moneys belonging to the system, shall have the custody of all its notes, bonds, and other securities, if any, and shall collect the principal and interest of the same, and he shall be liable on his bond as treasurer for the faithful accounting of all moneys and securities which may come into his hands belonging to the system. The treasurer shall, upon the expiration of his term of office, account to the board for all moneys, notes, bonds, and other securities coming into his hands and the proceeds of the same, and turn over to his successor in the office of treasurer all moneys, notes, and other securities belonging to the system remaining in his hands. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §1; RL 1925, pt of §2161; RL 1935, pt of §7903; am L 1939, c 86, pt of §1; RL 1945, pt of §6171; RL 1955, §6-133; am L 1963, c 65, §2c; HRS §88-154]
HI Rev Stat § 88-155 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-155 Medical board.

 §88-155 Medical board. Assisting the board of trustees there shall be a medical board to be composed of three licensed physicians, one of whom shall be the physician for the county, another of whom shall be appointed by the board of trustees, and the third of whom shall be named by agreement of the other two physicians. If for any reason any regular member of the medical board shall be unable to, or in the judgment of the board of trustees may not properly, act in any particular case, the board may designate a substitute to act on the particular case on the medical board. The medical board shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required and shall perform all other services as may be required of it by the board of trustees, pursuant to this part, and shall report in writing to the board of trustees its conclusions and recommendations upon all matters referred to it. The medical board shall act by a majority of its members. [L 1933, c 46, §2; RL 1935, §7906; am L 1939, c 86, §4; RL 1945, §6175; RL 1955, §6-134; HRS §88-155]
HI Rev Stat § 88-156 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 7. Public Officers and Employees|88. Pension and Retirement Systems|88-156 Appropriations and expenditure.

 §88-156 Appropriations and expenditure. Annually the council of each county (or the city council in the case of the city and county of Honolulu) shall appropriate out of the general fund of the county the full amount required for each fiscal year to cover the payment of pensions and benefits granted under this part.  The appropriations shall be made so long as it shall be necessary to pay all pensions to persons on the pension rolls of the system as of December 31, 1927, and to pay all pensions which may become payable to or on account of all police officers, firefighters and bandsmen who were in service on December 31, 1927. All the pensioners and police officers, firefighters, and bandsmen shall be entitled to benefits at the full rates.  Expenditure of the appropriations shall be solely for the purposes set forth in this part. [L 1917, c 220, pt of §2; RL 1925, pt of §2162; am L 1927, c 249, §1; RL 1935, pt of §7904; RL 1945, pt of §6172; RL 1955, §6-135; am L 1957, c 66, §1; am L 1963, c 65, §2g; HRS §88-156; am L 1983, c 124, §15] Revision Note  "Council" substituted for "board of supervisors".