Bill Text: HI SB2395 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2395 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: VEBA Trust Pilot Program Extension; Hawaii EUTF Positions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-13 - (H) Act 106, on 5/13/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 320). [SB2395 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2395-Amended.html

SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT

FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. Date

TO: S.B. No. 2395, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1

SECTION 1. Senate Bill No. 2395, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1, is amended to provide for a smoother transition of public school teachers and their dependents from the voluntary employees' beneficiary association trust to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund by extending the sunset date of the voluntary employee's beneficiary association trust from six months to twelve months (June 30, 2011) as follows:

1. By amending the second sentence of the second paragraph of Section 1 (at page 1, lines 12-13) to read:

"The legislature declares that it does not intend to make the enabling law permanent, but will extend the sunset date for the existing pilot testing period."

2. By amending paragraph (1) of Section 1 (at page 2, lines 7-10) to read:

"(1) Extend the enabling law for the voluntary employees' beneficiary association trust for twelve months to provide for a smoother transition to the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund;"

3. By amending Section 2 (at page 3, lines 1-15) to read:

"SECTION 2. Act 245, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, section 8, as amended by Act 294, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 2, as amended by Act 16, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, section 18, as amended by Act 5, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, section 1, is amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, for the purpose of establishing a voluntary employees' beneficiary association trust pilot program in March, 2006 and shall be repealed on [~~July 1, 2010;~~] June 30, 2011; provided that sections 89-2, 89-3, 89-6, and 89-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are reenacted in the form in which they read on the day before the effective date of this Act; and provided further that the amendments made to section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by Act 202, Session Laws of Hawaii 2005, shall not be repealed when that section is reenacted on [~~July 1, 2009.~~] July 1, 2010.""