STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1638

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 108

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.C.R. No. 108 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO PERFORM A SUNRISE REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER HOME INSPECTORS SHOULD BE LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Auditor to perform a sunrise review to determine whether home inspectors should be licensed by a home inspector licensing board under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Further, the Auditor is requested to submit to the Legislature a report of any findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation, not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2008.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Hawaii Association of Realtors testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 108 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY,

Acting Chair and Vice Chair