Bill Text: HI HB1501 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public Utilities; Government Transparency; Salaries ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee excused (1). [HB1501 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB1501-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 269-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no public utility shall sell, lease, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the whole or any part of its road, line, plant, system, or other property necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public, or any franchise or permit, or any right thereunder, nor by any means, directly or indirectly, merge or consolidate with any other public utility without first having secured from the public utilities commission an order authorizing it so to do. For applications for a proposed merger or consolidation with another public utility, the public utilities commission shall not issue an order authorizing the merger or consolidation pursuant to this subsection without first having afforded consumers or patrons an opportunity to provide input on the application. The consumer advocate shall be a party to all dockets involved in the proposed merger or consolidation. Every such sale, lease, assignment, mortgage, disposition, encumbrance, merger, or consolidation, made other than in accordance with the order of the commission shall be void."
SECTION 2. (a) The auditor shall conduct a study that compares the salaries of employees at the public utilities commission with employees of comparable positions in the private sector.
(b) When conducting the study, the auditor shall examine whether the salaries of employees at the public utilities commission are competitive enough with the private sector to promote employee retention.
(c) The auditor shall submit the study, including its findings and recommendations, to the legislature no later than November 30, 2015.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 for the auditor to conduct a study that compares the salaries of employees at the public utilities commission with the salaries of employees of comparable positions in the private sector to determine whether commission employee salaries are competitive.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the auditor for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2115.
Report Title:
Public Utilities; Government Transparency; Salaries
Description:
Requires public input on a proposed merger or consolidation of public utilities. Requires the auditor to conduct a study that compares the salaries of employees at the Public Utilities Commission with employees of comparable positions in the private sector. (HB1501 HD1)
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