STAND. COM. REP. NO. 581-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2716
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2716 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that a board of
directors of a condominium association that distributes proxies
using association funds must comply with the thirty-day notice
requirement and that a copy, facsimile telecommunication, or
other reliable reproduction of a proxy may be used in lieu of the
original.

     Testimony in support of this measure, with proposed
amendment, was submitted by the Real Estate Commission and Hawaii
Independent Condominium & Cooperative Owners (HICCO).  Testimony
in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Hawaii
Legislative Action Committee of the Community Associations
Institute.

     Your Committee finds that HICCO and the Real Estate
Commission have agreed to several amendments to this measure for
the purpose of clarity.  Your Committee has incorporated these
agreed-upon amendments that are identical to the amendments
incorporated in the Senate companion and reflected in S.B. No.
2527, S.D. 1.

 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2716, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2716, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair