Bill Text: HI SB865 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Contractors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-12 - Act 173, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). [SB865 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-SB865-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that electrical and plumbing work may pose hazards related to public and worker safety. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to protect the public and promote worker safety by ensuring that persons entering into contracts to perform electrical or plumbing work are appropriately licensed to perform such work.
SECTION 2. Section 444-9.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§444-9.5 [Licensing] Performance
of electrical and plumbing work; licensing of electrical [or] and
plumbing workers. (a) A person licensed as an electrical or plumbing
contractor under this chapter may enter into contracts to perform electrical or
plumbing work, respectively; provided that:
(1) If the contractor's responsible managing employee, which includes a sole proprietor, is not licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, the contractor shall employ individuals licensed in accordance with chapter 448E to actually perform the electrical or plumbing work, respectively, subject to this section; and
(2) Employees of a community antennae television company and employees of a public utility within the State that is franchised or chartered by the State and regulated by the public utilities commission shall be exempt from this section while so employed and acting within the scope of their employment.
(b) At least half of all individuals performing electrical or plumbing work employed on a construction job site by an electrical or plumbing contractor shall be licensed in accordance with chapter 448E. The board may waive this requirement in any county when there are insufficient licensed electrical or plumbing workers in that county to comply with this section.
[(b)] (c) All individuals
employed on a construction job site by an electrical or plumbing contractor who
are licensed in accordance with chapter 448E shall visibly display their
license on their person while on the construction job site. Only individuals
displaying their license at the time of a site inspection shall be counted as a
licensee to determine compliance with this section."
SECTION 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a general contractor from performing customary duct or conduit work as part of site preparation.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.
Report Title:
Contractors; Performance of Electrical or Plumbing Work; Licensing
Description:
Permits persons licensed as an electrical or plumbing contractor under this chapter to enter into contracts to perform electrical or plumbing work; provided that if a contractor's responsible managing employee, which includes a sole proprietor, is not licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, HRS, then the contractor shall employ individuals licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, HRS, to actually perform the electrical or plumbing work. Exempts employees of public utilities and community antennae television companies. (CD1)
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