HB2418 HSCR503-04

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 503-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2418

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2418 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABANDONED APPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase governmental efficiency and reduce costs by clarifying when an application for a professional or vocational license is deemed abandoned.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

Your Committee finds that current law allows DCCA to consider a license application abandoned if required documents and other information are not submitted within two years of when requested. Your Committee further finds there have been instances where applicants have contested the abandonment because the law does not explicitly state that attempts must be made to cure deficiencies.

This bill proposes to eliminate misunderstandings by clarifying that an application is considered abandoned if for two consecutive years the applicant fails to provide evidence of continued efforts to complete the licensing process, where the failure to provide evidence includes the failure:

(1) To submit the required documents and other information requested by the licensing authority; and

(2) To provide the licensing authority with written

communication, indicating that the applicant is attempting to complete the licensing process.

This bill also provides that if the application is deemed abandoned, the applicant must reapply for licensure and comply with licensing requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2418 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,

 

		____________________________ KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair