STAND. COM. REP. NO.  161

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1099

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 1099 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COSTS OF RELOCATION AND UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITY FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the state or county to certify that there are sufficient funds for the utility's portion of the contract price in any state or county utility project including relocation, undergrounding, or installation of new utility facilities.

     The Department of Transportation, Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaii Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1099, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1099, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair