§444-16 Action on applications. Within one hundred and twenty days after the filing of a proper application for a license and the payment of the required fees, the board shall:
(1) Conduct an investigation of the applicant, and in that investigation may post pertinent information, including the name and address of the applicant and the names, addresses, and official capacities of any partnership, corporation, or other entity that the applicant is associated with; and
(2) Either issue a license to the applicant or notify the applicant in writing by registered mail of the board's decision not to grant the license and specifically notify the applicant of the applicant's right to submit a request for a contested case hearing pursuant to chapter 91 within sixty days of the board's decision. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 91. [L 1957, c 305, §1(s 15); am L 1965, c 37, §1; Supp, §166A-15; HRS §444-16; am L 1973, c 116, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1992, c 202, §68 and c 258, §4; am L 2021, c 230, §14]
Cross References
Mailing notice, see §1-28.
Case Notes
Where application for license was not acted upon within time specified, denial was defective. 51 H. 673, 466 P.2d 1009 (1970).
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
444-3 Contractors license board.
444-4 Powers and duties of board.
444-8 Powers to classify and limit operations.
444-9.1 Issuance of building permits; owner-builder registration.
444-9.5 Performance of electrical and plumbing work; licensing of electrical and plumbing workers
444-10 Investigation permitted.
444-10.5 Citation for unlicensed activity.
444-10.6 State of emergency or disaster; emergency licensure; penalties.
444-10.7 Enhanced penalties when elderly persons are targeted.
444-11 No license issued when.
444-11.1 Requirements to maintain license.
444-14 Place of business and posting of license.
444-15 Fees; biennial renewals; inactive license.
444-16 Action on applications.
444-17 Revocation, suspension, and renewal of licenses.
444-23.5 Forfeiture of property for unlicensed activity.
444-25 Payment for goods and services.
444-25.5 Disclosure; contracts.
444-25.7 Roofing contractors guarantee bond.
444-26 Contractors recovery fund; use of fund; person injured; fees.
444-27 Additional payments to fund.
444-28 Statute of limitations; recovery from fund.
444-31 The contractors license board has standing in court.
444-32 Subrogation to rights of creditor.