Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 77 - CONTRACTORS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-77-3 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter or in chapter
				  444,
				  HRS:
"Board" means the contractors license board.
"Building permit" means and includes any type of permit
				  issued or required by the county or other local subdivision of the State as a
				  condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, demolition,
				  or repair of any building or structure.
"Contracting entity" means any individual who has met the
				  experience and financial integrity requirements for a license to engage in the
				  contracting business or a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
				  liability company, or other entity who has met the financial integrity
				  requirements to engage in the contracting business and who has in its employ, a
				  responsible managing employee.
"Current credit report" means a credit report covering at
				  least the previous five years and issued within six months of the application
				  date.
"Current financial statement" means a financial statement
				  prepared within twelve months of the application date.
"Current proof of payment arrangement" means a payment
				  arrangement issued by the department of taxation within six months of the
				  application date, or September 30 of the even-numbered year if renewing a
				  license.
"Current state tax clearance" means a tax clearance issued
				  within six months of the application date, or September 30 of the even-numbered
				  year if renewing a license.
"Employee" as used in section
				  444-2(6),
				  HRS, means an individual who receives wages as sole compensation from, and
				  works under the supervision of, an employer who is a contracting entity and who
				  is liable for paying the social security and unemployment taxes on the
				  individual and provides workers' compensation coverage for the
				  individual.
"Fabrication" as used in defining the scope of work in
				  various specialty classifications means field fabrication as opposed to shop
				  fabrication which does not require a contractor's license.
"Financial integrity" means financial responsibility,
				  financial capacity, and history of personal integrity to operate as a
				  contractor and to engage in the contracting business.
"Home improvement contracting" means undertaking or holding
				  oneself out as being able to undertake directly or indirectly renovation,
				  remodeling, repairing, or otherwise improving a residential property for
				  compensation.
"Owner builder exemption" means an owner or lessee of
				  property is exempt from the contractors license law if the structure to be
				  built or improved is for the owner's or lessee's own personal use and not for
				  use or occupancy by the general public; provided that the structure so built or
				  improved is not offered for sale or lease in its entirety or in part within one
				  year after its completion; and, provided further that the owner or lessee
				  registered for the exemption as provided in section
				  444-9.1,
				  HRS.
"Partnership" includes, without limitation, general
				  partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships.
"Responsible managing employee" or "RME" means the
				  individual who is a bona fide employee of the contracting entity that maintains
				  a current contractor's license, and who qualifies the contracting entity for a
				  contractor's license in the licensed classifications held by the
				  individual.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange
				  Commission.