STAND. COM. REP. NO. 687

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1003

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 1003 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTORS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to modify the manner in which the membership of the Contractors Licensing Board (Board) is appointed by requiring that at least three members be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and at least three members be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the President of the Senate.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, the International Union of Elevator Constructors, the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 675, and the Building Trade Council.  The Contractors Licensing Board submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that under existing law, all members of the Board are appointed by the Governor.  Your Committee also finds that the construction industry in Hawaii has grown to become a more prominent industry in the State and this measure will lend diversity to the composition of the Board by allowing more than one governmental entity to be involved in the nomination process. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to promote further discussion, and by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1003, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1003, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair