HRS §88-181
County pension boards and their powers
Each county has a pension board that can investigate and give pensions to county workers or former workers who cannot get state retirement benefits and do not already get a pension from the state or any county. The board can also give pensions to the widows of those workers.
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The statute, as written — Pension boards created
There shall be a pension board, hereafter referred to as the "board", for each of the counties of the State, with full authority, within the limits prescribed by law, to make investigations necessary to comply with this part and to grant pensions to employees and former employees of their respective counties, who are or were ineligible to the benefits of the employees' retirement system, and are not the recipients or beneficiaries of pensions from the State or any county, or to the widows of the employees.
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