HRS §88-14
Who pays the bonus to pensioners
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says which official must pay the bonus to different groups of pensioners. It also requires counties to send enough money to the retirement system by a certain date each year to cover the bonus for their retired employees.
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The statute, as written — Bonus; authority to pay
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.
The board of trustees of the employees' retirement system shall pay the bonus to pensioners under the system, except those pensioners under the system who are retired employees of the respective counties; the comptroller shall pay the bonus to all state pensioners who are not under the system; and the appropriate officer of each county and each independent board or commission hereby affected, shall pay the bonus granted to pensioners whose pensions are payable by the respective counties, boards, and commissions. The appropriate officer of each county upon certification to the council by the employees' retirement system of the amounts necessary to meet payments of the bonus to pensioners of the system who are retired employees of the respective counties, shall also remit the amounts to the system. Remittances shall be made not later than December 31 of each year and shall be sufficient for twelve months' payments to the pensioners certified to the council.
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