HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

Rep. Kenneth T. Hiraki, Chair

Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Vice Chair

Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Rep. Alex Sonson

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Lynn Finnegan

Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho

Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Bud Stonebraker

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

January 28, 2004

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 1730

RELATING TO INSURANCE.

Allows the insurance commissioner to impose license sanctions on producers who, when participating in mortgage transactions, fail to comply with mortgage broker and solicitor act or conduct prohibitions or written agreement requirements.

CPC

HB 1737

RELATING TO MORTGAGE BROKERS AND SOLICITORS.

Includes employees and exclusive agents within the exemption from regulation under the mortgage broker and solicitor law provided for banks, insurance companies, and other similar organizations; defines "exclusive agents" as licensed insurance producers who represent a single banking subsidiary of an insurance company.

CPC

HB 1738

RELATING TO LICENSING OF ADJUSTERS AND BILL REVIEWERS.

Allows the insurance commissioner to impose license sanctions on adjusters who in mortgage transactions fail to comply with mortgage broker and solicitor act or conduct prohibitions or written agreement requirements.

CPC

SB 695

SD2, HD1

(HSCR933)

RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS.

Establishes a professional counselors licensing program, subject to the accumulation of a minimum $43,000 in a startup trust fund; exempts government employees from licensing under the law. (SB695 HD1)

HLT, CPC, FIN

HB 1761

RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

Amends Regulatory Licensing Reform Act policies regarding regulation of professions and vocations to prohibit or require termination of regulations that are unnecessary or redundant of existing protections. Requires DCCA to sunset a board or commission in the absence of an act expressly prohibiting the sunset and upon any finding by the Legislative Auditor that the board or commission is redundant or unnecessary.

CPC, FIN

HB 1071

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Establishes a fund for the conversion of overhead utility lines to underground lines; establishes annual allocations by utility companies having above ground facilities; allows taxpayers to designate and pay a voluntary contribution for underground utility lines on their income tax return.

CPC, FIN

     

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Kenneth T. Hiraki

Chair