Report Title:

Public Utilities; 138KV Lines

 

Description:

Establishes an advisory committee to be appointed by the governor to develop a comprehensive statewide plan for underground utility lines, including feasibility and cost factors. Requires the advisory committee to submit a report of its findings to the legislature twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2003. (HB1460 HD1)

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1460

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to underground utility lines.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. There is created, within the office of the governor for administrative purposes, an advisory committee, to develop a comprehensive statewide plan for undergrounding utility lines, including the feasibility and relevant cost factors of implementing the plan.

Advisory committee members shall be appointed by the governor, in consultation with the department of land and natural resources, and shall include representatives of the utilities, nonprofit entities, community groups, the public utilities commission, and the office of the consumer advocate.

The advisory committee shall be fully designated and constituted no later than thirty days after the effective date of this Act and shall convene on a regular basis. The advisory committee shall submit a report of its findings to the legislature twenty days before the convening of the regular session of 2003.

The office of the governor and the department of land and natural resources shall provide administrative support upon request from the advisory committee.

The working group shall cease to exist on June 30, 2003.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.