RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NORMAL COST AND ACCRUED LIABILITY.

HB2277

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2277

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES
'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NORMAL COST AND ACCRUED LIABILITY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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Section
88-122, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read
as follows:

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(e)
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Commencing with fiscal year 2005-2006 and
each subsequent fiscal year until fiscal year 2007-2008, the employer
contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for each of the two groups
of employees in subsection (a) shall be based on fifteen and three-fourths per
cent of the member's compensation for police officers, firefighters, and
corrections officers and thirteen and three-fourths per cent of the member's
compensation for all other employees.
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Commencing with fiscal year 2008-2009 and each subsequent fiscal year
until fiscal year 2011-2012, the employer contributions for normal cost and
accrued liability for each of the two groups of employees in subsection (a)
shall be based on nineteen and seven-tenths per cent of the member's compensation
for police officers, firefighters, and corrections officers and fifteen per
cent of the member's compensation for all other employees.
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In fiscal year 2012-2013, the employer
contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for each of the two groups
of employees in subsection (a) shall be based on twenty-two per cent of the
member's compensation for police officers, firefighters, and corrections
officers and fifteen and one-half per cent of the member's compensation for all
other employees.
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In fiscal year
2013-2014, the employer contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for
each of the two groups of employees in subsection (a) shall be based on
twenty-three per cent of the member's compensation for police officers,
firefighters, and corrections officers and sixteen per cent of the member's
compensation for all other employees.
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In
fiscal year 2014-2015, the employer contributions for normal cost and accrued
liability for each of the two groups of employees in subsection (a) shall be
based on twenty-four per cent of the member's compensation for police officers,
firefighters, and corrections officers and sixteen and one-half per cent of the
member's compensation for all other employees.
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Commencing with fiscal year 2015-2016 until fiscal year 2016-2017, the
employer contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for each of the
two groups of employees in subsection (a) shall be based on twenty-five per
cent of the member's compensation for police officers, firefighters, and
corrections officers and seventeen per cent of the member's compensation for
all other employees.
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In fiscal year
2017-2018, the employer contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for
each of the two groups of employees in subsection (a) shall be based on twenty-eight
per cent of the member's compensation for police officers, firefighters, and
corrections officers and eighteen per cent of the member's compensation for all
other employees.
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In fiscal year
2018-2019, the employer contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for
each of the two groups in subsection (a) shall be based on thirty-one per cent
of the member's compensation for police officers, firefighters, and corrections
officers and nineteen per cent of the member's compensation for all other employees.
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In fiscal year 2019-2020, the employer
contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for each of the two groups
in subsection (a) shall be based on thirty-six per cent of the member's
compensation for police officers, firefighters, and corrections officers and
twenty-two per cent of the member's compensation for all other employees.
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Commencing with fiscal year 2020-2021 and
each subsequent fiscal year[
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until fiscal year 2025-2026,
the
employer contributions for normal cost and accrued liability for each of the
two groups in subsection (a) shall be based on forty-one per cent of the
member's compensation for police officers, firefighters, and corrections
officers and twenty-four per cent of the member's compensation for all other
employees.
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Commencing with fiscal
year 2026-2027 and each subsequent fiscal year, the employer contributions for
normal cost and accrued liability for each of the two groups of employees in
subsection (a) shall be based on forty-four per cent of the member's compensation
for police officers, firefighters, and corrections officers and twenty-four per
cent of the member's compensation for all other employees.
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The contribution rates shall amortize the
total unfunded accrued liability of the entire plan over a period not to exceed
the maximum funding period.

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The contribution rates shall be subject to
adjustment:

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(1)
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If
the actual period required to amortize the unfunded accrued liability exceeds
the maximum funding period;

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(2)
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If
there is no unfunded accrued liability; or

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(3)
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Based
on the actuarial investigation conducted in accordance with section 88-105.
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SECTION 2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on July 1, 2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

ERS; Employer Contributions

Description:

Increases employer contributions for normal cost and
accrued liability for a specified group of employees to ensure the unfunded
accrued liability of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii does
not exceed the maximum funding period.

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