Board of Electricians and Plumbers Meeting

Date:

Tuesday, 03/29/2022

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Place:

King Kalakaua Conference Room, King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, 1st Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813

Agenda

BOARD OF ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

 

BOARD AGENDA

 

Date:               March 29, 2022

 

Time:              10:30 a.m.

 

In-Person       King Kalakaua Conference Room

Meeting          King Kalakaua Building

Location:        335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                                    Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

Agenda:         Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by HRS section 92-7(b).

 

If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please submit your testimony to elect_plumb@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard copy mail to Attn: Board of Electricians and Plumbers, P.O. Box 3469, Honolulu, HI 96801. We request submission of testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that it can be distributed to the Board members.

 

The Board may move into Executive Session to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure in accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) section 92-5(a)(1), and to consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with HRS section 92-5(a)(4).

 

1.        Call to Order

 

2.        Approval of the Minutes of the February 1, 2022, Board Meeting

 

3.        Chapter 91, Adjudicatory Matters

 

A.        In the Matter of the Journeyman Electrician’s License of Devin C. Deuter, Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Board’s Final Order; Exhibits “A” – “C”

 

4.        Executive Officer’s Report

 

a)            Exam Results

b)            2022 Financial Disclosure

 

5.        Applications:

 

a)            Electricians

 

Journey Worker Electrician (EJ)

agonoy, fernandez

aguilar, justin

alu, joshua

cabus, chester

cernal day, zaylan

chon, jason

colon, loran

coney, tyler

corpuz, aladin

Cuenca, Rogelio

Fasel, Jason

kamelo, Christian

keohohina-kaaikala, Kalena

Kerr, duane

kihara, kalvin

kiss, peter

martinez, nolan – deferred from the 2/01/2022 meeting

matsushima, kyle

montilliano, keoNi

muller, jorge

muraoka, travis

olszewski, brandon

pascua, michael

quizon, royson

reilly, jason

rowland, matthew

sanchez, christopher

sera, todd

simental, Levi – deferred from the 02/01/2022 meeting

taea, brandon

tanaka, kelly

tilton, nathan

wall, ryan

Wesseling, ramon

wiseman, daniel

 

Journey Worker Industrial Electrician (EJI)

NONE

 

Journey Worker Specialty Electrician (EJS)

NONE

 

Supervising Electrician (ES)

Pasamonte, Patrick

 

Supervising Industrial Electrician (ESI)

NONE

 

Supervising Specialty Electrician (ESS)

moczygemba, jared

 

Maintenance Electrician (EM)

ildefonso, billy ray

 

b)            Plumbers

Journey Worker Plumber (PJ)

Chen, Dai Ping – deferred from the 10/05/2021 meeting

DeLaura, joshua – deferred from the 09/30/2020 meeting

Gomes, Cameron

Hall, William

Kashima, Akoni

Mccleary, jesse-lee – deferred from the 6/01/2021 meeting

Mello, Jr., Richard

moser, joel

raman, ruben
rellin, Julius

swoboda, james

tapado, remelito

webb, jonathan

webster, dane

 

Master Plumber (PM)

bastatas, duke

bates, James

dennis, BRANDON

kulinich, vitalIy

 

c)              Ratifications
RAMIREZ, CHANSE (PJ)



d)              Requests for Exam Waiver
TILTON, NATHAN (EJ)

 

6.            Act 35, SLH 2010 Update Regarding Electrical Academic Coursework

 

a)            University of Hawaii Honolulu Community College Approved Curricula

 

·         Independent Electrical Contractors Western Colorado Chapter and Goldstar, Inc.

·         Northwest Education Services Career Tech (Formerly TBA CTC)

 

7.            2022 Legislation

 

a)    S.B. 170, Relating to Electricians and Plumbers

 

Establishes license requirements for electrician apprentices and plumber apprentices.

 

b)    S.B. 2644, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, Relating to Electrical Contractors

 

Extends until 6/30/2033 Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as extended by Act 60, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when an electric utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltage (six hundred volts or higher) who are not licensed in the State but are otherwise deemed qualified by the electric utility, provided that the public utility certifies to the board of electricians and plumbers that, after a hiring call, no electrician sufficiently qualified and licensed in the State to perform high voltage electrical work applied to timely perform or complete the necessary job or task before the public utility recruited outside the State. Makes permanent the requirement for the board of electricians and plumbers to submit to the legislature annual reports relating to high voltage electrical work. Effective 7/1/2030

 

c)    H.B. 1597, H.D. 1, Relating to Electrical Contractors

 

Specifies that the limited exemption under Act 65, SLH 2013, to the electrician licensing requirements for individuals working with high voltage (600 volts or higher) is further limited to only electric transmission and distribution line construction and maintenance and substation work. Extends until 2028 the sunset date of Act 65, SLH 2013, and associated reporting requirements of the exemption under Act 60, SLH 2018. Effective 1/1/2050

 

8.            Announcements:

 

a)         Next Board Meeting

 

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

10:30 a.m.

King Kalakaua Conference Room

King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                        Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

 

9.            Adjournment

 

LG:kt

03/23/22

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Lei Ana E. Green at (808) 586-2704 or elect_plumb@dcca.hawaii.gov as soon as possible, preferably within two (2) business days of the meeting.  If a request is received after that date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. 

 

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