STAND. COM. REP. NO.  435

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1334

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1334 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority to increase or decrease professional and vocational licensing fees to thirty additional licensing programs under the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, including acupuncturists, motor vehicle repair licensees, electricians and plumbers, mental health counselors, mortgage brokers and solicitors, nursing home administrators, and port pilots.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, National Association of Social Workers, and Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1334 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair