Bill Text: HI SB1461 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Building Industry Professionals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. [SB1461 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB1461-Amended.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1461 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO BUILDING INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 464-13, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not
apply to work in respect to any [privately]:
(1) Privately
owned or privately controlled one-storied building or structure, for which
the [estimated cost of which] floor area of work does not exceed [$40,000,
nor to any privately] 1,200 square feet; or
(2) Privately
controlled two-storied building or structure, for which the [estimated
cost of which] floor area of work does not exceed [$35,000.] 1,000
square feet.
(b)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to work in respect to any
privately owned or privately controlled [one-storied]:
(1) One-storied
residence, for which the [estimated cost of which] floor area
of work does not exceed [$180,000, nor to any privately owned or
privately controlled two-storied] 1,500 square feet;
(2) Two-storied
residence, for which the [cost of which] floor area of work
does not exceed [$162,000.] 1,350 square feet; or
(3) One- or
two-storied structure that is used primarily as a residence stamped with the
seal of a licensed engineer who is qualified in the civil engineering branch."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
Report Title:
Construction Projects; Building Professionals; Exemption
Description:
Amends the exemption from the requirement that plans and specifications for construction projects be prepared and construction observed by a licensed engineer, architect, or landscape architect to be determined by floor area of work rather than estimated cost. Exempts one- or two-storied structures that are used primarily as a residence from such requirements. (SD1)
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