Report Title:

Licensing Requirements for Elevator Mechanics

Description:

Aligns training requirements for licensure of elevator mechanics with federal and state apprenticeship standards by increasing licensing requirements from 2 to 4 years.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2426

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR ELEVATOR MECHANICS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 448H-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "apprentice elevator mechanic" to read as follows:

""Apprentice elevator mechanic" means any person who is in training to acquire the skill to become an elevator mechanic and who is required to work for at least [two] four years under the supervision of an elevator mechanic duly licensed under [the provision of] section 448H-6."

SECTION 2. Section 448H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§448H-6 Qualifications for license. No person shall be licensed as an elevator mechanic unless the person has satisfactorily passed the examination administered by the board[,] and satisfactorily completed at least [two] four years of training under the supervision of a licensed[, registered, or journey worker] elevator mechanic."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST