{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-448e-13","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 448E-13","heading":"Exemption of public utility and community antennae television company personnel ; annual reports.","body":"[Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2027. L 2022, c 68, § 3.] (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter:\n\n(1) All employees of a public utility within the State under a franchise or charter granted by the State that is regulated by the public utilities commission and community antennae television company, while so employed; and\n\n(2) Employees of an electrical contractor duly licensed under chapter 444; provided that:\n\n(A) The contractor is retained by a public utility within the State under a franchise or charter granted by the State that is regulated by the public utilities commission to perform high voltage electrical work for the public utility;\n\n(B) A fter solicitation of a request for proposal to licensed contractors specifying the high voltage work requested, the public utility certifies to the board that no electricians, including electricians employed by C-62 pole and line or C-63 high voltage electrical contractors, responded to the request for proposal who were:\n\n(i) Sufficiently qualified and licensed in the State; and\n\n(ii) Available and able to perform or timely complete the high voltage electrical work or task,\n\nbefore the contractor hired by the public utility recruited qualified electricians outside the State; provided further that the public utility shall make its request for proposals available through its website in an electronic format to C-62 pole and line and C-63 high voltage electrical contractors;\n\n(C) The public utility submits an annual report to the board covering the preceding calendar year that identifies, at a minimum:\n\n(i) The number of qualified contractors the public utility employed to perform high voltage electrical work; and\n\n(ii) The number of requests for proposals solicited for high voltage work;\n\n(D) The employees are deemed qualified by the public utility to perform high voltage electrical work; and\n\n(E) The exemption is limited to the use by a public utility for high voltage electrical workers who perform electric transmission and distribution line construction, maintenance, and connection to substation work;\n\nprovided further that in no circumstance shall the persons be less qualified than the public utility's own employees who perform high voltage electrical work.\n\n(b) Persons retained by a public utility pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall be exempt from the provisions of section 444-9.5.\n\n(c) For purposes of this section, \"high voltage\" means six hundred volts or higher.","path":["HI Code","Division 2","Title 25","Chapter 448E"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol10_Ch0436-0474/HRS0448E/HRS_0448E-0013.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"4453c69d53894ab1c1ee201847f14614c739ea5d22e0fde6f2407841b5ffdfba","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-448e-12","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-448e-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}