STAND. COM. REP. NO.  105-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1879

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1879 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ONE CALL CENTER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make permanent the exemption of pest-control activity from the definition of "excavation" with respect to the One Call Center under Chapter 269E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     The Hawaii Pest Control Association supported this measure.  The Public Utilities Commission, The Gas Company, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, and a concerned individual opposed this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that only pest-control activity that is not performed under contract with any state or county agency or entity is exempt from the definition of "excavation" with respect to the One Call Center;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 3000, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1879, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1879, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair