HRS §88-12

Rules for Adding Bonuses to Retirement Pensions

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This section says that a retirement pension cannot be increased by a bonus unless the person earned enough service time to qualify for the minimum service retirement allowance. There is an exception for people who were already getting a pensioner's bonus on July 1, 1951, without meeting the minimum service requirements. Those people keep the pension they were receiving on June 30, 1955.

beneficiaries

The statute, as written — Bonus; requirements, limitations

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

No retirement allowance or pension payable under the employees' retirement system shall be increased by any bonus for any retirant or beneficiary unless the person for whose service the pension is payable has had sufficient service to qualify for the minimum service retirement allowance except as provided in [paragraph] (1) of section 88-11; provided that this provision shall not operate to increase the pension of any person who was receiving a pensioner's bonus on July 1, 1951, without having met the minimum service requirements but such person shall continue to receive the pension the person was receiving on June 30, 1955.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§88-11 Extra monthly payments for retired public workers

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