§88-54.5  Service while a member of theboard of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs.  Notwithstanding anyprovisions of section 10-9 that may previously have precluded a member of theboard of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs from participating as amember of the employees' retirement system:

(1)  Any trustee of the office of Hawaiian affairs inservice on July 1, 2002, may become a member in accordance with section 88-43by October 1, 2002;

(2)  Any trustee of the office of Hawaiian affairselected or appointed after July 1, 2002, shall become a member or elect to beexcluded from membership in the system in accordance with section 88-42.6;

(3)  Any service as a trustee of the office ofHawaiian affairs during the period of July 1, 1993, through July 1, 2002, ifclaimed by the member, shall be credited in the member's class at the time theservice is acquired; provided that membership service shall be credited inaccordance with sections 88-59, 88-272, and 88-324; and

(4)  Any former trustee of the office of Hawaiianaffairs who retired from service prior to July 1, 2002, shall not be entitledto claim membership service as a trustee during the period July 1, 1993,through June 30, 2002. [L 2002, c 183, §2; am L 2004, c 179, §7; am L 2008, c47, §6]