STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1672

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 88
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which
was referred S.C.R. No. 88, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT
     OF A TASKFORCE TO STUDY THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
     CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIME LAW, AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
     SUBJECTING CONDOMINIUMS TO COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCES AND
     DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request that:

     (1)  The Real Estate Commission (REC) convene a task force
          to study the problems associated with the condominium
          property regime (CPR) law, with the assistance of the
          Community Associations Institute and the Hawaii Council
          of Associations of Apartment Owners; and

     (2)  The Governor and Mayors of each county hold public
          hearings on subjecting CPR's to county zoning
          ordinances and development requirements.

     Your Committee finds that many consumers may be confused and
may often have difficulty understanding CPR statutes and
regulations and their relationship with county ordinances.  This
measure requests that the REC examine ways to simplify and
clarify laws, regulations and ordinances governing CPR's.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

 
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     (1)  Request that the REC establish an informal task force
          and amend the title of the measure accordingly;

     (2)  Request that the REC prepare a report on its
          preliminary findings to submit to the Legislature by
          January 1, 2000;

     (3)  Request that the REC hold public hearings to receive
          feedback on the report rather than have the governor
          and the mayors of each county hold the public hearings;

     (4)  Request that the REC prepare a final report on its
          findings, recommendations and proposed legislation,
          which considers testimony presented at the public
          hearings, to be submitted to the Legislature twenty
          days prior to the Regular Session of 2001; and

     (5)  Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to
this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose
of S.C.R. No. 88, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its
adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 88, S.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Commerce and
                                   Consumer Protection,



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                                   BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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