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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2304 |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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 and enforcement of the requirement for licensed electricians and plumbers on job sites and to extend that requirement to licensed elevator mechanics, 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, in the form of identification issued by
the department, shall be visibly displayed on those licensees at the job site.
Individuals not displaying their licenses at the job site shall be counted as
unlicensed for purposes of determining compliance with this section. 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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. (HB2304 HD1)
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