THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	466
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
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 444-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§444-3  Contractors license board.  (a)  There shall be a contractors license board of [thirteen] fifteen members[.], each of whom shall 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] Twelve shall be contractors who have been actively engaged in the contracting business for a period of not less than [five] ten years preceding the date of their appointment[;] and who hold a valid and unexpired license to operate as a contractor at the time of their appointment.  Three of the contractors shall be general engineering contractors, two shall be general building contractors, and seven shall be specialty contractors who do not hold a general engineering or general building contractor license; and

    [(2)  Five shall be general engineering or building contractors, 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.]

     (2)  Three shall be public members who at the time of their appointment do not hold a valid or unexpired license to operate as a contractor, who are not relatives of any board member who holds a contractor's license, and who do not have a financial interest in the business of any board member possessing a contractor's license.  For purposes of this section, "relative" means a spouse, fiance, fiancee, parent, sibling, child, or anyone who is related to the person within two degrees of consanguinity; or the spouse, fiance, fiancee, parent, sibling, or child of anyone who is related to the person within two degrees of consanguinity.

     (c)  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.]

     (d)  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.

     (e)  For the purpose of this section, the terms "general engineering contractor", "general building contractor", and "specialty contractor" shall have the same meanings as 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 members of the contractors license board on the effective date of this Act shall continue to serve on the board until the expiration of their current term.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Contractors License Board; Membership

 

Description:

Amends the number of members and membership requirements and restrictions for the contractors license board.

 

 

 

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