STAND. COM. REP. NO.  41-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1618

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1618 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect consumers by:

 

     (1)  Modifying the composition of and setting residency and domicile requirements for members of the Contractors License Board; and

 

     (2)  Explicitly providing that the protection of the public is of the highest priority of the Contractors License Board in its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.

 

     The Contractors License Board and Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust opposed the measure.  The Iron Workers Stabilization Fund and Subcontractors Association of Hawaii submitted comments.


 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting any residency and domicile requirements for members of the Contractors License Board;

 

     (2)  Deleting the provision that the protection of the public is of the highest priority of the Contractors License Board since this purpose is already explicitly stated in section 16-77.2 of the Hawaii Administrative Rules promulgated pursuant to section 444-4 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (3)  Further amending the composition of the Contractors License Board by specifying that of the five specialty contractors who are members of the Board, two must hold a general engineering or general contractors license and three must not hold a general engineering or general contractors license;

 

     (4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1618, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1618, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair