THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2709
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to contractors.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 444-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) This section shall not prohibit a specialty contractor from taking and executing a contract involving the use of two or more crafts or trades, if the performance of the work in the crafts or trades, other than in which the specialty contractor is licensed, is incidental and supplemental to the performance of work in the craft for which the specialty contractor is licensed[.]; provided that the incidental and supplemental work shall:

(1) Involve other trades directly related to and necessary for the completion of the project undertaken by the licensed specialty contractor pursuant to the scope of the specialty contractor's license; and

(2) Not exceed more than five per cent of the licensed specialty contractor's total work on the project."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Contractors; Incidental and Supplemental Work; Limit

Description:

Clarifies that a licensed specialty contractor may perform incidental and supplement work in crafts or trades other than in which the specialty contractor is licensed, provided that the incidental and supplemental work involves other trades directly related to and necessary for the completion of the project undertaken by the licensed specialty contractor pursuant to the scope of the specialty contractor's license and shall not exceed more than five per cent of the licensed specialty contractor's total work on the project.

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