STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1432-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2297

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2297, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the sunset date of Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, from 2018 to 2023, which will extend the limited exemption to electrician licensing requirements for certain individuals who are not licensed in the State but who are contracted by an electric utility and deemed qualified by the utility to work with high voltage (600 volts or higher).  

 

     The State Department of Defense; Board of Electricians and Plumbers; Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.; Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc.; Maui Electric Company, Limited; and The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii supported this measure.  The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186 opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2297, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2297, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair