§88-27  Oath of trustees.  Each trusteeshall, within ten days after the trustee's appointment or election, take anoath of office that, so far as it devolves upon the trustee, the trustee willdiligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board of trustees, andthat the trustee will not knowingly violate or willingly permit to be violatedany of the provisions of law applicable to the system.  The oath shall besubscribed to by the member making it and certified by the officer before whomit is taken and shall be immediately filed in the office of the lieutenantgovernor. [L 1925, c 55, §5(5); RL 1935, pt of §7924; RL 1945, pt of §707; RL1955, §6-64; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §9; HRS §88-27; am L 1969, c 110, pt of §1;gen ch 1985]

 

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  Employees' retirement system (ERS) board of trustee'scontention that no statute in chapter 88 provides that ERS owes a duty toindividual members to provide individual notice and counseling, particularlyabsent a request for information was incorrect where, reading §88-127 and thissection in para materia, the ERS board is charged with the duty to diligentlyand honestly administer all funds held in trust for the exclusive use andbenefit of the system and for the members of the system.  108 H. 338, 120 P.3d237.