STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2404

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2440

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2440 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow additional authorized personnel to disburse funds for a county board of water supply.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of the measure from the Kauai County Department of Water.  Written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that the county boards of water supply need the flexibility to allow their professional staffs to manage ministerial duties such as the disbursement of accounts payable vouchers.  Your Committee believes that this measure will expedite the processing of accounts payable vouchers by authorizing a county board of water supply's manager and chief engineer to issue vouchers to vendors instead of waiting for a board of water supply to approve the vouchers.

     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 S.B. No. 2440 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair