STAND. COM. REP. NO.  508

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 938

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. 938 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to separate the Board of Electricians and Plumbers into a Board of Plumbers and a Board of Electricians.  This bill also creates separate regulations of electricians and plumbers in two chapters of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 1186, American Society of Safety Engineers Hawaii Chapter, Ken Nakamura & Associates, KH Electric, Inc., Masuda Enterprises, Inc., Electrical Contractor's Association of Hawaii, Ron's Electric, Inc., Brilliant Ideas, Inc., Designer Built Systems, Inc., and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Board of Electricians and Plumbers, Plumbing & Mechanical Contractors Association of Hawaii, Laborers' Union Local 368, Plumbers and Fitters Union Local 675, and Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust opposed this measure.

     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. 938 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