STAND. COM. REP. NO.  182

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1080

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1080 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY TO ADJUST PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend the authority of the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) to adjust licensing fees for six new licensing areas that relate to athletic trainers, behavior analysts, mixed martial arts, respiratory therapists, uniform athlete agents, and veterinary technicians and allow for the automatic inclusion of all future licensing regulatory areas specifically and statutorily assigned to the DCCA that relate to professions and occupations pursuant to title 25, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported this measure.  The Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Flooring Association, Roofing Contractors Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Pest Control Association, and Pacific Insulation Contractors Association opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association offered comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2099, to promote further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1080, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1080, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair