Section 6-40-8 - Fees and charges for review and processing of domestic relations orders or proposed domestic relations orders(a) The system shall post on the system's website fees and charges, approved by the system's board of trustees at a meeting of the board duly noticed as provided by section 92-7, HRS, for the review and processing of domestic relations orders and proposed domestic relations orders; (1) The fees paid shall be used only and directly for defraying the costs to the system of providing the processing and review of the proposed and domestic relations orders, including any required legal and actuarial costs; and(2) The filing fees shall be reasonably based on estimated costs of system staff processing and review of actual or proposed domestic relations orders. Charges for legal or actuarial services shall be reasonably based on estimated time required, and actual or reasonably estimated hourly rates for legal and actuarial services, or other commercially reasonable methods of determining such charges.(b) Before the system incurs any charges for actuarial or legal services, the system shall notify the person who requested the review of the order or proposed order of any legal or actuarial services that the system needs as part of the review. The notification of legal or actuarial services shall include an estimate of the extent of the services and the estimated charges for the services. The estimated charges for the services shall be paid to the system before the system commences review of the order or proposed order. The actual charges for legal and actuarial services shall be paid to the system before the system issues a determination or notification in response to a request for review of a domestic relations order or proposed domestic relations order.(c) A filing fee for review of a domestic relations order or proposed domestic relations order shall be paid each time an order or proposed order is submitted for review by the system, even though the order or proposed order was previously submitted to the system for review. [Eff 7/1/2020] (Auth: §§ 88-28 and 88-93.5) (Imp: § 88-93.5)