STAND. COM. REP. NO.  973

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1290

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1290 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify which beneficiaries of an employee killed in the performance of duty or of a deceased retiree are eligible to become members of the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF).

 

     The Department of Budget and Finance and EUTF Board of Trustees testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1290 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair