Bill Text: HI HB2054 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Contractors License Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-26 - Referred to IAC, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB2054 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2054-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the contractors license board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 444-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§444-3 Contractors license
board. (a) There shall be a contractors license board consisting
of [thirteen] fifteen members.
Each member shall:
(1) Be at least
thirty years of age and of good character; and
(2) Have been a
resident of and domiciled in the State for not less than five years preceding
the member's appointment to the board.
(b) Of the board members:
(1) [Ten] Five
shall be contractors who have been actively engaged in the contracting business
for a period of not less than five years preceding the date of their
appointment[;] and who hold a valid license to operate as a
contractor at the time of appointment.
Of the five contractors, one
[(2) Five] shall be
a general engineering [or] contractor, two shall be general
building contractors, [five] and two shall be specialty
contractors[, and three shall be noncontractors.] who are not also general
engineering or general building contractors; and
(2) Ten shall be
noncontractors as follows:
(A) One
shall be a representative of the Hawaii building trades;
(B) One
shall be an active building official; and
(C) Eight
shall be members of the public, one of whom shall be from a statewide senior
citizen organization;
provided that no noncontractor
member shall possess any contractor license issued by the board, have an
immediate family member who is a licensee, or have any financial interest in
the business of any licensee of the board.
No member shall receive any compensation for the member's services, but each shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of duties.
(c) Each county shall be represented on the board.
[(d) No one, except the three noncontractor
members, shall be eligible for appointment who does not at the time of the
member's appointment hold a valid and unexpired license to operate as a
contractor.]
(d) The board shall prioritize the protection of
the public in the exercise of its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary
functions. When the protection of the
public is inconsistent with other considerations, the protection of the public
shall take precedence over all other considerations.
(e) For the purpose of this section:
"General building
contractor" shall have the same meaning as in section 444-7(c).
"General engineering
contractor" shall have the same meaning as in section 444-7(b).
"Specialty contractor"
shall have the same meaning as in section 444-7(d)."
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; provided that the members of the contractors license board currently serving shall continue to serve in their capacity until their replacements are appointed by the governor.
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Report Title:
Contractors License Board
Description:
Amends the membership of the Contractors Licensing Board by increasing the total membership to 15, reducing the number of contractors on the board to 5, and increasing the number of noncontractors to 10. Requires all members to be at least 30 years old and a resident of the State. Requires the board to hold the interests of the public as the highest priority.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
