STAND. COM. REP. NO.793

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 489

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 489 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Auditor to conduct a management audit of the Public Utilities Commission.

Specifically, this bill directs the Auditor to assess the adequacy of the current regulatory process that is administered by the Public Utilities Commission in dealing with issues, problems, and developments in complex and changing areas, such as telecommunications and energy deregulation.

Your Committee finds that management audits of the Public Utilities Commission were conducted in 1975 and 1989. Both the passage of time and the rapid growth and development of the areas subject to regulation necessitate further review and assessment.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 489 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

____________________________

BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair