STAND. COM. REP. NO.  293

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1162

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 1162 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTORS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to:

 

     (1)  Prohibit the Contractors License Board (Board) from considering unlicensed experience in the State or in any other state as a qualification for licensing, except under certain circumstances; and

 

     (2)  Require a licensed contractor or the licensed contractor's responsible managing employee to be present within the State for certain designated time periods throughout the contract term. 

 

     The Pacific Resource Partnership supported this bill.  The Board opposed this measure.

 

     In light of concerns raised during the public hearing, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the provision requiring a licensed contractor or the licensed contractor's responsible managing employee to be present within the State for certain designated time periods throughout the contract term;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce to review the amendments made by your Committee to this bill.  Your Committee intends to continue discussion on this measure as it moves forward in the legislative process.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1162, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1162, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair