STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2904

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2222
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and
Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2222, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to facilitate a review and
recodification of the laws relating to condominium property
regimes.

     Testimony on the measure was submitted by the Real Estate
Commission (REC), Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii,
Community Associations Institute, Hawaii Council of Associations
of Apartment Owners, Hawaii Association of Realtors, The Gentry
Companies, and an individual. 

     Your Committees find that in the thirty-nine years since the
first condominium law was enacted, the laws governing condominium
property regimes have more than quadrupled and been amended in a
piecemeal fashion.  The statutes have evolved into a body of law
that is disorganized, difficult to understand and apply, and
unresponsive to changing conditions, thereby making it difficult
for condominium associations to effectively self-govern and for
consumers to protect their rights.  Therefore, your Committees
find that a comprehensive review of the condominium laws and the
development of a recodified body of law are warranted.


 
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     This measure appropriates moneys out of the General Fund to
fund the review and recodification process.  Upon careful
consideration, your Committees have amended this measure to:

     (1)  Provide for an appropriation out of the Condominium
          Management Education Fund, rather than the General
          Fund; and

     (2)  Require the REC to hold a public hearing to receive
          input and comments from affected parties and
          individuals.   

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Government
Operations and Housing that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2222, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2222,
H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.


                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Commerce and
                                   Consumer Protection and
                                   Government Operations and
                                   Housing,



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ROD TAM, Chair                     BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair



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                                   BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair

 
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