HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

607

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to contractors.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 444-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  No license hereunder shall be issued to:

     (1)  Any person unless the person has filed an application and paid the applicable fees;

     (2)  Any person unless the person meets the experience requirements as prescribed in the board's rules; provided that the board may accept experience acquired on a self-employed or unlicensed basis if the experience can be verified;

     (3)  Any person who does not possess a history of honesty, truthfulness, financial integrity, and fair dealing; provided that any person who during the six years prior to application has failed to satisfy an undisputed debt or a judgment relating to services or materials rendered in connection with operations as a contractor shall be presumed not to possess a history of financial integrity;

     (4)  Any person unless the person has successfully passed a written examination as prescribed by the board;

     (5)  Any individual unless the individual is age eighteen years or more;

     (6)  Any joint venture which is not exempt under section 444-2(8) unless the contracting business thereof is under the direct management of a member or employee thereof, and unless the member or employee holds an appropriate license;

     (7)  Any individual who is unable to qualify as a contractor or any partnership or corporation, unless the contracting business of the individual, partnership, or corporation is under the direct management of an employee, partner, or officer thereof who holds an appropriate license;

     (8)  Any person unless the person submits satisfactory proof to the board that the person has obtained workers' compensation insurance, or has been authorized to act as a self-insurer under chapter 386 or is excluded from the requirements of chapter 386;

     (9)  Any person unless the person submits satisfactory proof to the board that the person has obtained liability insurance; [or]

    (10)  Any person unless the person submits a bond if required by the board under section 444-16.5[.]; or

    (11)  In the case of any specialty contracting license, any person unless the person satisfies each qualification specific to the specialty contracting license."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Contractors; Specialty Contracting Licenses

 

Description:

Requires contractors applying for a specialty contracting license to satisfy each qualification specific to the license.

 

 

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