STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1097

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 203

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 203, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to deter unlicensed contractor activity by increasing monetary sanctions for such violations.

     The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, Iron Workers Stabilization Fund, Building Industry Association-Hawaii, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 368 testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee received testimony indicating that the current provisions of this measure were mutually agreed upon by the construction industry and DCCA's Regulated Industries Complaints Office as a means of deterring and punishing unlicensed contractor activity.

     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 S.B. No. 203, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair