Permit general engineering contractor and general building contractor to perform incidental specialty contractor work.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to cure an unintended defect in the contractors license law by authorizing the long standing practice of the performance of incidental work by general contractors.

SECTION 2. Section 444-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:

"(b) A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including the following divisions or subjects: irrigation, drainage, water power, water supply, flood control, inland waterways, harbors, docks and wharves, shipyards and ports, dams and hydroelectric projects, levees, river control and reclamation works, railroads, highways, streets and roads, tunnels, airports and airways, sewers and sewage disposal plants and systems, waste reduction plants, bridges, overpasses, underpasses and other similar works, pipelines and other systems for the transmission of petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances, parks, playgrounds and other recreational works, refineries, chemical plants and similar industrial plants requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, powerhouses, power plants and other utility plants and installations, mines and metallurgical plants, land levelling and earth-moving projects, excavating, grading, trenching, paving and surfacing work and cement and concrete works in connection with the above mentioned fixed works[.]; provided that notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a general engineering contractor may perform the work of any specialty contractor that is incidental to the work of the general engineering contractor. As used in this subsection, "incidental to the work of the general engineering contractor" means that the value of the specialty work is two per cent or less of the construction project's total contract price.

(c) A general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, or to do or superintend the whole or any part thereof[.]; provided that notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a general building contractor may perform the work of any specialty contractor that is incidental to the work of the general building contractor. As used in this subsection, "incidental to the work of the general building contractor" means that the value of the specialty work is two per cent or less of the construction project's total contract price."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.