HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	307
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
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 thirteen members[.], each of whom shall:

     (1)  Be of good character; and

     (2)  Have been a resident of, and domiciled in, the State for not less 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 than five years preceding the date of their appointment;

     (2)  [Five] Four shall be general engineering contractors, [or] two shall be general building contractors, and seven [five] shall be specialty contractors[, and three shall be noncontractors].  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)  Each county shall be represented on the board.

     (d)  [No one, except the three noncontractor members,] A person shall not be eligible for appointment [who does not] to the board if at the time of [the member's] appointment [hold] the person: 

     (1)  Does not hold a valid and unexpired license to operate as a contractor[.];

     (2)  Has a close family member who is a licensee; or

     (3)  Has any financial interest in the business of any licensee of the board.

     (e)  For the purposes of this section, the terms "general engineering contractor", "general building contractor", and "specialty contractor" shall have the same meaning as used in section 444-7.

     (f)  The protection of the public shall be of the highest priority for the board in the exercise of its 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."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 present members of the contractors license board shall serve in their capacity until their replacements are appointed by the governor.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Contractors License Board; Requirements; Composition

 

Description:

Amends the membership and composition requirements of the contractors license board.  Declares that protection of the public shall be of the highest priority for the board in the exercise of its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.

 

 

 

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