Graham Construction Supply, Inc. v. Schrader Construction, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

The question is whether a supplier of building materials is barred from collecting the amount of a judgment rendered against a building contractor from a special fund maintained by the Contractors License Board because of a subsequent statutory amendment that limits the class of persons entitled to payment therefrom to owners or lessees of private premises. We conclude that recovery is not precluded by the amendment.

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Building contractors in Hawaii have been subject to licensing and regulation since 1957 when the Contractors License Board (hereafter the…