STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1519-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2475

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2475 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ASSISTING UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that aiding or abetting an unlicensed person may subject licensed contractors to additional discipline by the Contractors License Board.

The Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Contractors License Board, Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii supported the bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2475 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair