STAND. COM. REP. 2230

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2891

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2891 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN INACTIVE LICENSE FOR PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow all holders of professional and vocational licenses to go on inactive status without a fee and to pay a reduced license renewal fee if the licensee elects to renew that inactive status.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter testified in support of the measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure is designed to not only simplify, but also make uniform the process for license renewal. This measure also gives licensees in a number of profession's the option of retaining their licenses at a lesser cost should they choose to go inactive, an option not presently available to them.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2891 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,

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RON MENOR, Chair