STAND. COM. REP. NO. 593

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1326

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1326, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to expand cost sharing in state or county projects, which is currently limited to projects involving relocation of utility facilities, to include work such as undergrounding and installation of new facilities.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will improve the efficiency of contracting for utility work along state and federally funded roads by allowing contracts to be executed in a timely fashion upon agreement of the State and the utility companies.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the issue; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1326, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1326, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair