STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2684

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2986
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations and Housing, to
which was referred S.B. No. 2986 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to conform the definition of
"apartment" with its general usage throughout the condominium
property regime chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from
Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and an individual.  Comments on this
measure were received from the Community Associations Institute.

     Your Committee agrees that the definition of "apartment"
within chapter 514 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes requires
clarification and has amended this measure by excluding from the
definition of "apartment":

     (1)  Any apartment intended for commercial use; and

     (2)  Any apartment designed, constructed, or utilized as a
          hotel or resort which is located on any parcel of real
          property designated and governed by a county for hotel
          or resort use.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Government Operations and Housing that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
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purpose of S.B. No. 2986, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2986, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third
Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Government
                                   Operations and Housing,



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                                   ROD TAM, Chair

 
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