STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1559
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 965
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 965, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that for purposes of licensure by endorsement or reciprocity, the member of the military shall have orders to be stationed in the State from an appropriate agency of the Armed Forces in order to include members of the U.S. Coast Guard;
(2) Clarifying that the license by endorsement or reciprocity may be revoked if the information provided in the application for licensure is found to be false by the licensing authority;
(3) Exempting medical doctors, dentists, certified public accountants, and other licensing authorities subject to specific provisions regulating licensure by endorsement or licensure by reciprocity pursuant to another chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes from licensure pursuant to this measure; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 965, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 965, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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