House approves CUC audit resolution, passes two bills including Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
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The House voted unanimously to adopt a resolution calling for an independent audit of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation and passed HB 24-62 (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) and HB 24-24 HD1 SD2 (legal services tax credit) in unanimous roll-call votes.
The House adopted a resolution directing a comprehensive, independent, third-party audit of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation and passed two bills on the floor in unanimous votes.
The chamber adopted House Resolution 24-24, which directs a “comprehensive, independent, third party audit” of the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation that includes financial, operational and compliance reviews, coordinating with the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission, formal docketing, public reporting, a corrective-action plan, a rate-payer impacts matrix, a public-facing audit implementation dashboard and an immediate 90-day prioritized control list. The floor leader moved for adoption and the motion carried on a voice vote.
The House also passed House Bill 24-62, an act to enact a Uniform Electronic Transactions Act intended to enable a more robust digital economy in the Commonwealth. Clerk roll-call procedures recorded that all 18 members present voted yes; the presiding officer stated, “With all 18 members present voting yes, house bill number 24 dash 62 hereby passes the house.”
Later in the calendar, the House suspended specified rules to consider additional business and passed House Bill 24-24, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 2 (HB 24-24 HD1 SD2). The measure (as amended by the Senate) establishes a legal-service and access-to-justice tax credit that would allow individuals and corporations to claim an ETC tax credit and direct it to Micronesian Legal Services. Clerk roll call again recorded all 18 members present voting yes; the presiding officer announced the bill passed.
Other formal actions during the session included adopting two standing committee reports (24-43 and 24-44) and adopting the journals for prior sessions. Several of these items were recorded as unanimous or voice-vote decisions; where the clerk called roll, the record shows 18–0 votes in favor.
What comes next: HB 24-62 and HB 24-24 HD1 SD2 were passed by the House; further procedural steps (transmittal to the Senate or enrollment) were not specified in the transcript. The resolution directing the CUC audit sets implementation requirements (public reporting and a 90-day control priority list) and requests coordination with the CPUC.