STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1626

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 878

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 878, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLICATION OF HEARING NOTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve government efficiency by providing that Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hearing notices regarding proposed changes in public utility rates need only be published in the counties served by the utility, rather than statewide.

     PUC supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 878, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair