REPORT TITLE:
Building Permits


DESCRIPTION:
Requires dual building permits as to owner-builder and contractor
to cover excluded items under a construction contract if the
owner-builder performs work on excluded items; same building
permit as to contractor to cover excluded items if the same
contractor performs work.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           132
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "�46-      Building permits for excluded contract items;
 
 5 dual building permits required, when.  (a) As used in this
 
 6 section:
 
 7      "Contract" means a contract for the performance of work for
 
 8 construction, alteration, improvement, repair, or demolition of
 
 9 any building or structure, for the excavation, infrastructure, or
 
10 site preparation, or for the installation of utilities, roads, or
 
11 sidewalks.
 
12      "Contractor" shall have the same meaning as in
 
13 section 444-1.
 
14      "Owner-builder" means an owner or lessee of property
 
15 qualifying for an exemption under section 444-2(7).
 
16      (b)  If a contract between a contractor and an owner-builder
 
17 contains items expressly excluded from the contract but on which
 
18 there is work on the excluded items:
 
19      (1)  By the same contractor nonetheless, the excluded items
 

 
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 1           shall be deemed to be included in the contract for
 
 2           purposes of the issuance of a building permit as
 
 3           required by each county or other local subdivision of
 
 4           the State; or
 
 5      (2)  By the owner-builder, the owner-builder and the
 
 6           contractor shall each be required to have a building
 
 7           permit for their respective items of work as required
 
 8           by each county or other local subdivision of the State.
 
 9      (c)  If an owner-builder and a contractor divide between
 
10 them the performance of any work on any items described under the
 
11 definition of a contract for purposes of this subsection, the
 
12 owner-builder and the contractor shall each be required to have a
 
13 building permit for their respective items of work as required by
 
14 each county or other local subdivision of the State."
 
15      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________