Bill Text: HI SCR27 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Sunrise Review Of The Licensure And Regulation Of Home Inspectors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-24 - Resolution adopted in final form. [SCR27 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SCR27-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	27
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOME INSPECTORS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No. 2403, introduced during the Regular Session of 2018, proposes the licensure and regulation of home inspectors; and

 

     WHEREAS, persons who act or hold themselves out as home inspectors are not presently required to be licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise regulated by the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, home inspectors render oral or written opinions on the current condition of the major systems and components in condominiums, townhouses, single family residences, or commercial properties, which can have a significant impact on a buyer's decision to purchase a home; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires new measures, subjecting unregulated professions and vocations to licensing or other regulatory controls, to be referred to the Auditor for analysis; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct a sunrise review of the licensure and regulation of home inspectors, as proposed by S.B. No. 2403, Regular Session of 2018; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is further requested to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor.

Report Title: 

Sunrise Review; Home Inspectors