STAND. COM. REP. NO.  253-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2449

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2449 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTY BOARDS OF WATER SUPPLY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow for the prompt payment of contractors and design professionals that provide services for the Boards of Water Supply (Boards) by authorizing:

 

(1)  County officials other than the County Auditor to issue warrants to disburse funds on behalf of the Board; and

 

(2)  The Board to delegate the disbursement of funds to the Manager and Chief Engineer.

 

     The Kauai County Attorney, Kauai Board of Water Supply, Coalition of Hawaii Engineering & Architectural Professionals, Tomco Corp., Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Brown and Caldwell, Belt Collins Hawaii Ltd., and Kauai Builders, Ltd. testified in support of this bill. 

 


     Your committee has amended this bill by clarifying that the Board may delegate its power and duties regarding the disbursements of funds to the Manager and Chief Engineer through rules and policies adopted by the Board.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2449, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2449, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair