STAND. COM. REP. NO.  422-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2546

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2546 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESTORATION OF CERTAIN FORFEITED PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance consumer protections in professional and vocational licensing by replacing open ended license restoration periods in the chiropractor, real estate broker, and real estate salesperson licensing laws, with specific time periods.  This bill also provides that a licensee who fails to apply for restoration of a forfeited license within the restoration period must apply for licensure as a new applicant.

     The Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Hawaii Real Estate Commission, Hawaii Association of REALTORS, and Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported this bill.

     Your Committees find that the two-year restoration period for chiropractors, and five-year period for real estate brokers and salespersons, will ensure licensee competency and consumer protection.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2546 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

____________________________ JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair