STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2481

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2167

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2167 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the definition of "land surveying" and clarify the definition of "landscape architect".

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects; Hawaii Land Surveyors Association; and three individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that the existing definition for "surveyor" or "land surveyor" is outdated and does not reflect the full scope and practice of land surveying.  The clarified definition of "land surveying" proposed by this measure will clearly express the requisite education and experience that is required in order to hold oneself out as a professional licensed land surveyor.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Further revising the definition of "land surveying"; and

 

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to allow for further discussion.

 

     Your Committee notes that the amended definition has been worked on by the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects; the Regulated Industries Complaints Office; the Office of the Attorney General; and the Hawaii Land Surveyors Association.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2167, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2167, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair