Haw. Rev. Stat. § 88-341
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Rights of members separated from service.
Official statutory text
(a) Any class H member who ceases to be an employee and who became a member before July 1, 2012, and has fewer than five years of credited service, excluding unused sick leave, or who becomes a member after June 30, 2012, and has fewer than ten years of credited service, excluding unused sick leave, shall, upon application to the board, be paid all of the former employee's accumulated contributions, and the former employee's membership shall thereupon terminate and all credited service shall be forfeited; provided that an individual shall not be paid the individual's accumulated contributions if either:
(1) The individual becomes an employee again within fifteen calendar days from the date the individual ceased to be an employee; or
(2) At the time the application for return of accumulated contributions is received by the board, the individual has become an employee again.
Regular interest shall be credited to the former employee's account until the former employee's accumulated contributions are withdrawn; provided that the former employee's membership shall not continue after the fourth full year following the calendar year in which the individual's employment terminates. If the former employee does not become an employee again and has not withdrawn the former employee's accumulated contributions, the system shall return the former employee's accumulated contributions to the former employee pursuant to sections 88-22.5 and 88-74.7.
(b) Any class H member who ceases to be an employee and who became a member before July 1, 2012, and has more than five years of credited service, excluding unused sick leave, or who becomes a member after June 30, 2012, and has more than ten years of credited service, excluding sick leave, shall, upon application to the board, be paid an amount equal to the former employee's hypothetical account balance and the former employee's membership shall thereupon terminate and all credited service shall be forfeited; provided that the individual shall not be paid the individual's hypothetical account balance if either:
(1) The individual becomes an employee again within fifteen calendar days from the date the individual ceased to be an employee; or
(2) At the time the application for payment of the individual's hypothetical account balance is received by the board, the individual has become an employee again.
If the contributions are not withdrawn by the former employee after the individual's employment terminates, the former employee shall have vested benefit status and shall be eligible for the service retirement benefit in effect at the time of the former employee's retirement, payable in accordance with this chapter.
(c) In case of the death after the termination of service and prior to retirement of any former class H member who has not withdrawn the member's contributions, there shall be paid to the former member's estate or to the person that the former member has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board:
(1) The former member's accumulated contributions, if the former member became a member before July 1, 2015, and had fewer than five years of credited service at the time of death or if the former member became a member after June 30, 2015, and had fewer than ten years of credited service at the time of death; or
(2) The former member's hypothetical account balance, if the former member became a member before July 1, 2015, and had five or more years of credited service at the time of death or if the former member became a member after June 30, 2015, and had ten or more years of credited service at the time of death. [L 2004, c 179, pt of §1; am L 2005, c 58, §31; am L 2006, c 169, §39; am L 2011, c 163, §15; am L 2015, c 85, §2; am L 2025, c 52, §4]
(1) The individual becomes an employee again within fifteen calendar days from the date the individual ceased to be an employee; or
(2) At the time the application for return of accumulated contributions is received by the board, the individual has become an employee again.
Regular interest shall be credited to the former employee's account until the former employee's accumulated contributions are withdrawn; provided that the former employee's membership shall not continue after the fourth full year following the calendar year in which the individual's employment terminates. If the former employee does not become an employee again and has not withdrawn the former employee's accumulated contributions, the system shall return the former employee's accumulated contributions to the former employee pursuant to sections 88-22.5 and 88-74.7.
(b) Any class H member who ceases to be an employee and who became a member before July 1, 2012, and has more than five years of credited service, excluding unused sick leave, or who becomes a member after June 30, 2012, and has more than ten years of credited service, excluding sick leave, shall, upon application to the board, be paid an amount equal to the former employee's hypothetical account balance and the former employee's membership shall thereupon terminate and all credited service shall be forfeited; provided that the individual shall not be paid the individual's hypothetical account balance if either:
(1) The individual becomes an employee again within fifteen calendar days from the date the individual ceased to be an employee; or
(2) At the time the application for payment of the individual's hypothetical account balance is received by the board, the individual has become an employee again.
If the contributions are not withdrawn by the former employee after the individual's employment terminates, the former employee shall have vested benefit status and shall be eligible for the service retirement benefit in effect at the time of the former employee's retirement, payable in accordance with this chapter.
(c) In case of the death after the termination of service and prior to retirement of any former class H member who has not withdrawn the member's contributions, there shall be paid to the former member's estate or to the person that the former member has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board:
(1) The former member's accumulated contributions, if the former member became a member before July 1, 2015, and had fewer than five years of credited service at the time of death or if the former member became a member after June 30, 2015, and had fewer than ten years of credited service at the time of death; or
(2) The former member's hypothetical account balance, if the former member became a member before July 1, 2015, and had five or more years of credited service at the time of death or if the former member became a member after June 30, 2015, and had ten or more years of credited service at the time of death. [L 2004, c 179, pt of §1; am L 2005, c 58, §31; am L 2006, c 169, §39; am L 2011, c 163, §15; am L 2015, c 85, §2; am L 2025, c 52, §4]
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