STAND. COM. REP. 3089
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 1824
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1824 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require continued competency in plumbing code requirements as a condition of license renewal for plumbers and to modify the license renewal schedule.
The Board of Electricians and Plumbers, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, University of Hawaii, Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association of Hawaii, and Plumbers and Fitters Local 675 testified in support of this measure.
Currently, licensed electricians are required to submit proof of attendance at continuing education courses on updates to the National Electrical Code or pass an exam on the electrical code updates in order to renew their licenses. This measure establishes a similar requirement for plumbers by requiring continuing education or demonstration of competency in Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) updates. Additionally, this measure replaces the biennial renewal schedule for plumbers with a triennial renewal schedule to coincide with revisions to the UPC.
Your Committee finds that this measure enhances consumer protection by helping to ensure that plumbers remain current in their knowledge and understanding of plumbing code requirements.
Your Committee has amended this measure:
(1) To establish the date of June 30, 2006, rather than July 1, 2007, as the first plumber license renewal date under the new triennial licensing schedule;
(2) To delay the implementation of the plumbing code continuing competency requirement until the renewal for the licensing triennium beginning on July 1, 2009; and
(3) By making stylistic, technical amendments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1824, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1824, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,
____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair |
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