STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1550

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 756
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 756, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit approval of new
high-voltage transmission systems by the Public Utilities
Commission (PUC) in residentially-zoned areas or within three
hundred feet of school grounds or licensed child care facilities
unless the systems are placed underground and insulated against
electro-magnetic field (EMF) emissions.

     The bill applies to future forty six kilovolt or greater
transmission systems and those approved by the PUC prior to the
effective date of this measure, but does not apply to
transmission systems constructed with PUC approval in accordance
with law.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

     (1)  Delete the provision making the measure applicable to
          forty six kilovolt transmission systems that were
          approved by the PUC, but not constructed prior to the
          effective date of this Act;


 
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     (2)  Make this Act only applicable to new one hundred thirty
          eight kilovolt and greater transmission systems, rather
          than forty six kilovolt or greater systems.

     (3)  Make the measure apply only to applications pending
          before the PUC, and applications which may be filed
          after the effective date of this Act;

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
756, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 756,
H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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