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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1618 |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 444-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§444-3 Contractors license board.
(a) There shall be a contractors license board [of] comprising
thirteen members[.], each of whom shall have been a resident of and
domiciled in the State for no fewer than five years preceding the member's
appointment.
(b) Of the board members:
(1) Ten shall be contractors who have been actively
engaged in the contracting business for a period of [not less] no fewer
than [five] ten years preceding the date of their appointment[;
(2)] and who hold a valid and unexpired license
to operate as a contractor at the time of appointment. Of the ten contractors:
(A) Five shall be general engineering contractors
or general building contractors[, five]; and
(B) Five shall be specialty
contractors[, and three shall be noncontractors.] who do not hold a
general engineering or general contractors license; and
(2) Three shall be public members who, at the time of appointment, do not hold a valid or unexpired license to operate as a contractor, do not have any family member who is a licensee, and do not have any financial interest in the business of any licensee of the board.
(c) No member shall receive any compensation for the member's services, but each shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses incurred in the performance of duties.
[(c)] (d) Each county shall be
represented on the board.
[(d) No one, except the three
noncontractor members, shall be eligible for appointment who does not at the
time of the member's appointment hold a valid and unexpired license to operate
as a contractor.]
(e) The protection of the public shall be of the highest priority of the board in the exercise of the board's licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests that are sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall take priority.
(f) For the purposes of this section, the terms "general engineering contractor", "general building contractor", and "specialty contractor" shall have the meanings given to them in section 444-7."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that the current members of the contractors license board shall serve in their respective capacities until their replacements are appointed by the governor.
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Report Title:
Contractors License Board
Description:
Amends the composition of and sets residency requirements for members of the Contractors License Board (Board). Specifies that the protection of the public shall be of the highest priority of the Board in the exercise of the Board's licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.
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