HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2304
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO licensure.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that this Act is necessary to address a problem of enforcement within the building industry.  Homeowners, inspectors, and government agencies have difficulty identifying the number and required ratio of tradespersons performing licensed electrical and plumbing work on the job site as required by law.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide for the facilitation, identification, and enforcement of the requirement for licensed electricians and plumbers on job sites and to extend that requirement for licensed elevator mechanics, in order to promote public safety and facilitate compliance with state law.

     SECTION 2.  Section 444-9.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§444-9.5  Licensing of electrical or plumbing workers[.] or elevator mechanics.  At least half of all individuals performing electrical [or], plumbing, or elevator mechanic work employed on a construction job site by an electrical [or], plumbing, or elevator mechanic contractor shall be licensed in accordance with chapter 448E[.] or 448H, respectively, and those licenses shall be visibly displayed on those licensees at the job site.  The board may waive this requirement in any county when there are insufficient licensed electrical [or], plumbing, or elevator mechanic workers in that county to comply herewith."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Licensing; Construction Job Site

Description:

Requires at least half of all elevator mechanics at a construction job site to be licensed and requires elevator mechanics, electricians, and plumbers to wear their licenses at the job site.

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