STAND. COM. REP. NO.  603-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2273

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2273 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board (Board) with flexibility in developing and administering its certification program for motor vehicle mechanics.

     Specifically, this measure authorizes the Board to contract with entities, educational institutions, and other organizations to develop and administer the Board's certification program.  It also authorizes the Board to accept certificates from a national certification program without contracting with the national certification program.

The Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that present law limits the Board to contracting with the University of Hawaii to develop and administer its certification program.  The mandate has outlived its useful purpose and is no longer necessary since the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence has become widely accepted and recognized as the standard industry credential for motor vehicle mechanics.

     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 H.B. No. 2273 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair