Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 93 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects to adopt mandatory continuing education requirements.

Testimony in support of this bill was submitted by the American Institute of Architects, Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers, Pacific Structural Consultants, and American Society of Civil Engineers. The Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects testified in support of this bill and suggested amendments. Environmental Systems Planning and Design Consultation provided testimony in support of the intent of the bill. Testimony in opposition to the bill was submitted by the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that authorizing mandatory continuing education for design professionals will protect and benefit consumers by requiring design professionals to keep up with changes and advances in the industry such as advances in structural engineering, building security, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and access for persons with disabilities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 93, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 93, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.