STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1895-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3078

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3078, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCE WARNING FOR EXCAVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the law regarding advance warning of excavations (One Call law) to improve consumer protection, including:

(1) Narrowing the exemption from the requirements of the One Call law for excavations performed on certain residential property to only those excavations performed less than twelve inches in the ground;

(2) Clarifying that locators are subject to the requirements of the One Call law; and

(3) Specifying the situations in which persons have a duty to notify emergency services and operators of hazards and minimize the hazards.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Public Utilities Commission.

Your Committee finds that the amendments proposed by this measure will help reduce risks to homeowners, residential communities, and those involved in performing excavation work.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3078, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair