STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1256

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1586

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1586, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COUNTY BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to conform the statutes relating to the Board of Water Supply of the County of Hawaii (Board) to the provisions of the Hawaii County Charter by:

(1) Changing the method of appointing members to the Board, limitations on who may be appointed, and the method of removing members;

(2) Allowing the Board to appoint a manager of the Board without the advice and consent of the county council;

(3) Allowing the Board to acquire property in its name; and

(4) Repealing the requirement that the Board present annual reports to the county council.

This bill also allows the vice-chairperson of the Board to execute contracts, documents of transfer, and vouchers for monetary disbursements.

The County of Hawaii (County) Office of the Corporation Counsel testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by repealing all of the provisions relating to the Board (part III, chapter 54, Hawaii Revised Statutes) on January 1, 2007. This repeal date will provide sufficient time for the County to adopt its own ordinances to regulate the Board, thereby shifting this jurisdiction from the State to the County.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1586, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1586, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair