STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1469-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.R. No. 98
                                     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.R. No. 98 entitled: 

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING LANDLORDS, ASSOCIATIONS OF
     APARTMENT OWNERS, AND TENANTS WITH AND WITHOUT PETS, TO
     RESPECT EACH OTHERS' RIGHTS AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE
     FOR THE NEEDS OF ALL OWNERS AND TENANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to encourage and support
responsible pet ownership by apartment residents by urging:

     (1)  Landlords, associations of apartment owners, and
          tenants to work together to provide for the needs of
          the whole group;

     (2)  Landlords and associations of apartment owners to
          support tenants who depend on pets for physical and
          mental health reasons; and

     (3)  Apartment residents with pets to respect the rights of
          their neighbors and properly control and care for their
          pets.

     The Hawaii Humane Society testified in support of this
resolution.  The Hawaii Association of Realtors (HAR) provided
testimony in support of the intent of this resolution, and
suggested an amendment.


 
 
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     Your Committee has made a technical, nonsubstantive
amendment to this resolution as requested by HAR, to:

     (1)  Reflect that chapter 515, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
          rather than the federal Fair Housing Act, authorizes
          apartment residents to keep animals; and

     (2)  Specify that the authorized animals are not "pets," but
          are "guide dogs," signal dogs," and "service dogs".

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose
of H.R. No. 98, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 98, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair