HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

124

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 269-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (a) to read:

     "(a)  There is established in the state treasury a public utilities commission special fund to be administered by the [public utilities commission.] department of commerce and consumer affairs.  The proceeds of the fund shall be used by the public utilities commission and the division of consumer advocacy of the department of commerce and consumer affairs for all expenses incurred in the administration of chapters 269, 271, 271G, 269E, and 486J, and for costs incurred by the department of commerce and consumer affairs to fulfill the department's limited oversight and administrative support functions; provided that the expenditures of the public utilities commission shall be in accordance with legislative appropriations.  On a quarterly basis, an amount not exceeding thirty per cent of the proceeds remaining in the fund after the deduction for central service expenses, pursuant to section 36-27, shall be allocated by the [public utilities commission] department of commerce and consumer affairs to the division of consumer advocacy and deposited in the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o); provided that all moneys allocated [by the public utilities commission from the fund] to the division of consumer advocacy shall be in accordance with legislative appropriations."

     2.  By amending subsection (c) to read:

     "(c)  The [public utilities commission] department of commerce and consumer affairs shall submit an [update as part of its annual report submitted pursuant to section 269-5] annual report to the governor and the legislature on the use of the fund.  The report shall include information detailing all funds received and all moneys disbursed out of the fund."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.


 


 

Report Title:

Non-General Funds; Public Utilities Commission; DCCA

 

Description:

Transfers administration of the Public Utilities Commission special fund to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  (HB124 HD1)

 

 

 

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