2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 15. TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
269E. One Call Center; Advance Warning to Excavators
269E-4 One call center advisory committee.

§269E-4 One call center advisory committee. (a) The commission shall establish a one call center advisory committee as a governmental entity as defined under chapter 662D to advise the commission in implementing this chapter. The committee shall consist of seventeen voting members and one ex officio nonvoting member. Of the voting members:

(1) Eleven shall be appointed by the commission to serve until successors are appointed by the commission. The appointments shall be as follows:

(A) One from the gas utility industry;

(B) One from the electric utility industry;

(C) One from the telecommunications utility industry;

(D) One from the pipeline operator industry;

(E) Two from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii;

(F) Two from the Building Industry Association of Hawaii;

(G) One from the cable service industry;

(H) One from the water utility industry; and

(I) One from the wastewater industry;

(2) One shall be the representative of the city and county of Honolulu designated by the mayor of the city and county of Honolulu;

(3) One shall be the representative of the county of Hawaii designated by the mayor of the county of Hawaii;

(4) One shall be the representative of the county of Maui designated by the mayor of the county of Maui;

(5) One shall be the representative of the county of Kauai designated by the mayor of the county of Kauai;

(6) One shall be the director of the state department of transportation, or the director's representative; and

(7) One shall be the executive director of the division of consumer advocacy, department of commerce and consumer affairs, or the executive director's representative.

A representative of the center shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the committee.

(b) No member shall receive any compensation for the member's services.

(c) The committee shall advise the commission on:

(1) The establishment of rules;

(2) The setting of appropriate fees and assessments for the administration and operation of the center;

(3) The selection of the center provider;

(4) The enforcement of this chapter; and

(5) Other aspects regarding the establishment and operation of the center;

provided that the committee shall not advise the commission in the exercise of the commission's quasi-judicial, adjudicatory functions, or participate in the commission's deliberations. The committee shall be exempt from chapter 92. [L 2004, c 141, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 95, §1]