Chapter 88

§88-1 Rules for special act pensions

§88-1.2 Civil unions count as marriages for this chapter

§88-2 Minimum pension amount for small state and county pensions

§88-3 What happens to a pension when the pensioner dies

§88-4 Free medical care for low-income retirees

§88-5 County must share pensioner lists with doctors and hospitals

§88-6 How retirement and pension payments are made and overpayments recovered

§88-7 County pensioners; post retirement allowance

§88-8 University of Hawaii optional retirement system rules

§88-9 Rules for retired workers returning to government jobs

§88-11 Extra monthly payments for retired public workers

§88-12 Rules for Adding Bonuses to Retirement Pensions

§88-13 No bonus for retirees getting Social Security from state work

§88-14 Who pays the bonus to pensioners

§88-15 Veterans can give up their state benefits

§88-16 Who pays the bonus to retirees

§88-17 No bonus payments for retirements after 1971, with an exception

§88-21 Retirement system definitions

§88-21.5 What counts as compensation for your pension

§88-22 Setting up the state employee retirement system

§88-22.5 Retirement system must follow federal tax rules

§88-23 Who runs the retirement system

§88-24 Who serves on the retirement board

§88-25 Filling a Vacancy on the Board of Trustees

§88-26 Trustees serve for free but get expenses paid

§88-27 Trustees must take an oath within ten days

§88-27.5 When the retirement board can meet privately

§88-28 Voting rules for the board of trustees

§88-29 Choosing leaders and legal help for the retirement board

§88-29.5 Investment personnel

§88-30 Actuary's role as technical adviser

§88-31 Medical board

§88-33 No personal profit or use of system money by trustees or employees

§88-41 Limitation of other statutes

§88-42 Who must join the retirement system

§88-42.5 Retirement membership rules for employees with multiple jobs

§88-42.6 Rules for elected officials joining or leaving the retirement system

§88-43 Who cannot join the retirement system

§88-44 Enrollment

§88-45 How much employees must pay into their retirement fund

§88-45.4 Contributions for unpaid leaves of absence

§88-45.5 Rollovers and transfers from other retirement plans

§88-46 How employee retirement contributions are taken from pay

§88-46.6 Interest on mistaken pension contributions for class C members

§88-47 Who belongs to each retirement membership class

§88-48 Deduction in class A member's account

§88-49 Employees paid partly from federal funds

§88-49.3 Federal work program employees and retirement system membership

§88-49.5 Federal retirement system employees can keep state retirement benefits

§88-49.7 Retirement benefits for East-West Center employees

§88-50 How the board counts a year of work

§88-50.5 Credit for mandatory maternity leave before 1973

§88-51 What counts as membership service

§88-52 Getting credit for time served as a legislator

§88-54 Retirement benefits while working for the legislature

§88-54.2 Legislative session workers are not required to join the retirement system

§88-54.5 Retirement system membership for Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees

§88-55 Retirement credit for Hawaii National Guard civilian field workers

§88-55.5 National Guard Active Duty and Retirement System Enrollment

§88-57 How past work counts toward your retirement

§88-58 Credit for past work as a daily road worker

§88-59 How to buy credit for past government work

§88-59.5 Buying retirement credit for legislative assistant service

§88-60 Keeping retirement credit while working for another government

§88-61 When you stop being a member of the retirement system

§88-62 Rules for rejoining the retirement system after leaving

§88-63 Extra retirement credit for unused sick leave

§88-64 Rules for counting back pay and reinstatement in retirement

§88-70 Third retirement application cannot be withdrawn

§88-71 What counts toward your retirement pension

§88-73 When you can retire and get your pension

§88-74 Retirement allowance on service retirement

§88-74.5 Deadlines for finalizing pension payments and late fees

§88-74.6 Full retirement pay for emergency medical technicians

§88-74.7 When retirement benefits must start

§88-74.8 Losing half your pension for a job-related felony

§88-75 When you can retire due to disability

§88-76 Ordinary disability retirement allowance

§88-79 Service-connected disability retirement

§88-80 Retirement allowance for service-connected disability

§88-81 How your average final compensation is calculated

§88-81.5 Federal limits on pension pay used for retirement benefits

§88-82 Appealing a disability retirement decision and getting legal fees paid

§88-83 Choosing how to receive your retirement pension

§88-83.5 Benefit limitations

§88-84 Death benefits for members who die while working

§88-84.5 Limits on pay used for death benefits

§88-85 Extra payment when a member dies from an accident

§88-85.5 Applying for accidental death benefits

§88-87 Paying off missing retirement contributions

§88-88 Restoring retirement pay cut by Social Security

§88-89 Minimum retirement payment for long-service retirees

§88-90 Extra yearly payments for retirees

§88-90.5 Actuarial assumptions

§88-91 Protecting retirement money from taxes and debt collection

§88-92 Withholding payments when someone is suspected of stealing government money

§88-93 When your beneficiary choice is canceled

§88-93.5 How retirement benefits are split in a divorce

§88-94 Income tax withholding on retirement payments

§88-95 Deducting dues and insurance from retirement pay

§88-96 Getting your pension money back when you leave a job

§88-97 Returning to work after earning a pension benefit

§88-98 Returning to work after retiring

§88-99 No benefit increases until the pension fund is fully funded

§88-100 Employer payments for large non-base pay increases

§88-101 Continuing old teacher and other pensions

§88-102 How members are sorted into groups

§88-103 Public records and annual report

§88-103.5 Disclosure of information

§88-103.7 State and county agencies must share information with the retirement system

§88-104 Trustees must keep data for pension fund checks

§88-105 Actuarial checks and funding reviews

§88-105.5 Yearly financial health check for the pension system

§88-106 Correcting errors in retirement payments

§88-106.5 When the retirement board can settle benefit claims

§88-107 Interest and earnings

§88-108 Cash for meeting disbursements

§88-109 How the retirement system's money is divided

§88-110 Who manages and invests the pension fund money

§88-111 Who holds and pays out the pension fund money

§88-112 Annual statement of your retirement savings

§88-113 Payments from the annuity savings fund

§88-114 Where pension money is kept and paid from

§88-116 Expense fund

§88-119 What the retirement system can invest in

§88-119.5 Rules for real estate loans and mortgages

§88-120 Service charges

§88-121 Board can make deals to protect retirement system investments

§88-121.5 Rules for lending retirement system securities

§88-122 How pension costs are calculated for two employee groups

§88-123 State and County Pension Contributions

§88-124 State payments to the retirement system

§88-125 State agencies must pay their share of employee retirement costs

§88-126 County payments to the retirement system

§88-126.5 Advance payments of state and county contributions to the system

§88-127 State and counties guarantee retirement system payments

§88-131 Definitions for service member benefits

§88-132 Military service credit and contribution payments

§88-132.5 Getting retirement credit for military service

§88-133 Service member benefits and conditions

§88-134 Retirement pay for former armed forces members

§88-135 Ordinary disability retirement for military members

§88-136 No accidental disability benefit for off-duty accidents

§88-137 Death benefit for service members on leave

§88-138 When accidental death benefits do not apply

§88-139 Return of contributions when you resign

§88-140 How long military service keeps your retirement benefits

§88-141 How military service affects your pension pay calculation

§88-142 State can change or end these benefits

§88-151 Who cannot get a pension under this part

§88-152 Who counts as police force for old pension rules

§88-153 County pension board for police, firefighters, and bandsmen

§88-154 County officials' duties for the pension board

§88-155 Medical board members and their duties

§88-156 County pension funding and spending rules

§88-157 Use of donations, contributions, gifts, or bequests

§88-158 Disability retirement pay for injured public safety workers

§88-159 Rechecking a disabled retiree's pension status

§88-160 Retirement pay for police, fire, and band members

§88-161 Pension for police, fire, or band members dismissed after 20 years

§88-162 Pension for police, fire, or band members dismissed without cause

§88-163 Death benefits for police, fire, and band members

§88-164 Benefits instead of other payments

§88-165 Board can review and adjust pensions

§88-166 Counting service time for retirement

§88-167 Counting prior county service for pensions

§88-168 Retired public safety workers must follow orders and can be disciplined

§88-169 How pension payments are made and protected

§88-170 When the pension board can stop your pension

§88-171 Public hearings and notice before pension decisions

§88-181 County pension boards and their powers

§88-182 How pension board members are chosen and removed

§88-183 Pension board member qualifications

§88-184 Pension board members serve for free; counties pay board costs

§88-185 County officials' duties for the pension board

§88-186 Pension board meetings and deadlines for decisions

§88-187 Who can get a county pension and how much

§88-188 Disability retirement rules for county employees

§88-189 Pension for surviving spouse or partner

§88-190 Pension Amount Limit

§88-191 How years of service are counted

§88-192 County pension boards can send applicants to a doctor

§88-193 County pensions must follow this part's rules

§88-201 County pensions for former employees

§88-202 Who this retirement law does and does not cover

§88-203 Maximum pension amount

§88-204 Counties must fund pension payments each year

§88-211 What key terms mean in this retirement law

§88-212 State can make a Social Security deal with the federal government

§88-213 How the retirement system is split for Social Security

§88-214 Modifications to the retirement agreement

§88-215 State employees must pay Social Security taxes

§88-216 How pension contributions are taken from pay

§88-217 Fixing mistakes in pension contributions

§88-218 County and city plans for Social Security coverage

§88-219 How a vote on retirement system coverage is run

§88-220 Notice and hearing before rejecting or ending a plan

§88-221 How local governments pay into the retirement fund

§88-222 Employee contributions to retirement plans

§88-223 Collecting late payments from a county

§88-224 Creating the contribution fund and its money sources

§88-225 What the contribution fund is for

§88-226 Paying money to the federal government

§88-227 Who takes care of the retirement fund

§88-228 Extra money for the contribution fund

§88-229 State agency must create and publish rules

§88-230 State agency must study and report on retirement insurance

§88-251 Which rules apply to this part

§88-261 What words mean in this retirement law part

§88-271 Choosing to switch to Class C membership

§88-272 What work counts toward your retirement service credit

§88-273 What happens to your pension when you leave and come back

§88-281 Service retirement

§88-282 Service retirement allowance

§88-283 Choosing how to receive your retirement pension

§88-284 Ordinary disability retirement

§88-285 Maximum retirement pay for service-connected disability

§88-286 Who gets death benefits and how much

§88-301 Which parts of the pension law apply to this part

§88-311 Definitions for retirement service classes and accounts

§88-321 Who can join Class H and how to choose it

§88-322 How to convert old pension service to a new class

§88-323 Class H credited service

§88-324 Buying credit for past government work (membership service)

§88-325 Employee contributions

§88-326 How employee retirement contributions are taken from pay

§88-331 Service retirement

§88-332 How your retirement pay is calculated

§88-333 Choosing how to receive your retirement benefits

§88-334 When you can retire due to disability

§88-335 How much you get for an ordinary disability retirement

§88-336 Retiring early due to a job-related disability

§88-337 Service-connected disability retirement allowance

§88-338 Ordinary death benefit

§88-339 Accidental death benefit

§88-340 When class H membership ends

§88-341 What happens to your retirement money when you leave your job

§88-342 Returning to work without vested benefits

§88-343 Returning to work after leaving with a vested benefit

§88-344 Returning to work after retirement