Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3065, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make the One Call Center Advisory Committee (Committee) more representative of the major industries that it affects, by adding representatives of the water utility industry and wastewater industry as appointed members of the Committee, thus increasing its voting membership from 15 to 17 persons.

The Division of Consumer Advocacy of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Public Utilities Commission, Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and The Gas Company testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3065, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3065, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.