STAND. COM. REP. NO.  509

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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 966 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 Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 293; Elevator Constructors Union Local 126; and the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, testified in support of this bill.  The Board submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that this bill seeks to ensure that the Board's membership represents a diversity of backgrounds in the construction industry.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

     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. 966, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 966, H.D. 1, 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