STAND. COM. REP. NO. 306-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2434

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2434 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER CARRIERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require each water carrier to file a strategic plan with the Public Utilities Committee every five years.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Public Utilities Commission, and Ulupono Initiative. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Young Brothers, LLC.

Your Committee finds that because Hawaii is an island state, water carriers provide many critical services that affect the livelihood and well-being of residents. Requiring water carriers to file strategic plans every five years will facilitate increased transparency for water carriers regarding strategic direction and identify actions that focus on the water carrier's services, goals, and initiatives.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2434, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2434, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair