STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1627

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 880

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 880 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Public Utility Commission's (PUC) responsibility for gas pipeline safety and inspections, as those functions have been performed by the U.S. Department of Transportation since 1993.

     PUC supported this bill.

     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. 880 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair