STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1049

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 966

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 966, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to diversify the membership of the Contractors License Board (Board) by requiring at least three members of the Board to be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by:

     (1)  The Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

     (2)  The President of the Senate.

     The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, International Union of Elevator Constructors Local Union No. 126, and a consultant to the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 675 testified in support of this bill.  The Board testified in opposition to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 966, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair