STAND. COM. REP. NO.  5-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 570

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 570 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTORS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to augment consumer protections for the elderly by increasing to $20,000, the maximum amount of the fine that may be imposed for unlicensed contracting activity targeting elderly persons.

 

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, and Contractors License Board supported this measure.  The Building Industry Association of Hawaii provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 570 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair