HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1618
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

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.

     (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.]; provided that two shall hold a general engineering or general contractors license and three shall 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] travel 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)  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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 on July 1, 3000; provided that the current members of the contractors license board shall serve in their respective capacities until their replacements are appointed by the governor.

Report Title:

Contractors License Board; Members

Description:

Amends the composition of the Contractors License Board.  (HB1618 HD1)

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