§88-331 - Service retirement. - Hawaii Statutes

D.  Eligibility; Benefits

 

     [§88-331]  Service retirement.  (a)  A class H member who has five years of credited service and has attained age sixty-two, or a class H member with thirty years credited service who has attained the age of fifty-five shall become eligible to receive a retirement allowance after the member has terminated service.

     (b)  A class H member who has at least twenty-five years of credited service as a sewer worker or water safety officer, of which the last five or more years prior to retirement is credited service in that capacity, shall become eligible to receive a retirement allowance unreduced for age after the member has terminated service.

     (c)  A class H member who has twenty years of credited service and has attained age fifty-five shall be eligible to receive an early retirement allowance reduced for age after the member has terminated service.

     (d)  If a class H member has at least twenty-eight years of credited service on or after July 1, 2005; twenty-seven years of credited service on or after July 1, 2006; twenty-six years of credited service on or after July 1, 2007; and twenty-five years of credited service on or after July 1, 2008, as an emergency medical technician, of which the last five or more years prior to retirement is credited service in that capacity, the member shall be eligible to receive a retirement benefit unreduced for age after the member has terminated service.

     (e)  A class H member may retire upon the written application to the system, specifying the desired date of retirement, which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than one hundred fifty days subsequent to the date of filing. Retirement shall be effective on the first day of a month, except for the month of December when retirement on the first or last day of the month shall be allowed. [L 2004, c 179, pt of §1]