STAND. COM. REP. NO. 390

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 947

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 947 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CITATIONS FOR BEAUTY CULTURE VIOLATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to issue a citation for specific violations of beauty culture laws by licensees and permittees; and

     (2)  Establish a process for licensees and permittees in violation of beauty culture laws to contest the citation for the assessment of fines for each violation.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.

     Your Committee finds that this measure expedites the Regulated Industries Complaints Office's enforcement of certain technical violations of the beauty culture laws and promotes swift compliance by licensees.  Your Committee further finds that the citation process established by this measure also enables the Regulated Industries Complaints Office's staff to concentrate their efforts and resources on more serious violations.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that a beauty shop is a place of business or employment that must display a license or permit in a conspicuous place during all hours of operation in accordance with section 439-2(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 947, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 947, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair