HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE

Rep. Kenneth T. Hiraki, Chair

Rep. Jerry Chang, Vice Chair

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Joe Gomes

Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Rep. Mindy Jaffe

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Blake Oshiro

Rep. Colleen Meyer

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Paul Whalen

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Emily J. Auwae

Rep. Jerry Chang

Rep. Joe Gomes

Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Paul Whalen

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Monday, April 2, 2001

TIME:

2:00 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 180

HD1

(HSCR917)

relating to time sharing plans.

Requires all time share contracts to contain a notice that the purchaser has 7 days to rescind. Removes statutory requirement of contents of disclosures on promotional materials and gives the director the discretion to prescribe disclosure by rule. (HD1)

TAC,CPC/JHA

CPC ONLY BILLS:

 

 

 

 

 

SB 173

HD1

(HSCR915)

relating to time sharing plans.

Excludes persons employed by or under contract to licensed real estate brokers or registered acquisition agents from definition of "acquisition agent" in time share law. Clarifies that sales agents and acquisition agents are responsible for actions of their Outside Public Contacts. (HD1)

TAC,CPC

 

 

 

SB 174

(HSCR912)

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.

Exempts mutual right to cancel within seven calendar days and disclosure statement requirements on offers and sales outside of Hawaii of time share units located in Hawaii.

TAC,CPC

SB 175

SD2

(HSCR913)

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.

Eliminates requirement that a sales agent register regarding the time sharing plan the agent is selling; eliminates requirement that an acquisition agent licensed under chapter 467, HRS, register under the time share chapter. (SD2)

TAC,CPC

SB 176

(HSCR914)

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.

Repeals requirement that a time sharing plan agent wear an identification badge while off-premises and engaging in acquisition or sales agent activity.

TAC,CPC

SB 178

SD2 HD1

(HSCR916)

relating to condominium property regimes.

Exempts time share plans registered under the time share law and required to provide disclosure to consumers under that law, from duplicative condo disclosure requirements. Requires time share developers, prior to offering apartments for sale to the public for the first time, to register with the real estate commission. (SD2 HD1)

TAC,CPC

SB 257

SD2 HD1

(HSCR950)

rELATING TO THE Return of prescription drugs.

Limits return of prescription drugs to acute care hospitals; repeals the act on June 30, 2003 or the day before the department of human service promulgates rules on the returns for other facilities; reinstates the Act 461-11(c), as it was the day before the effective date of this act. (SD2 HD1)

HLT,CPC

SB 1397

SD1

(HSCR936)

relating to motor vehicles.

Allows a certificate of ownership reflecting a transfer of vehicle title to be filed with the director of finance within sixty days of the transfer for vehicles with lienholders without an office within the State. (SD1)

TRN,CPC

HCR 82

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF REQUIRING HEALTH INSURERS TO OFFER COVERAGE FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER SERVICES.

CPC,LMG,FIN

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING FOR THESE BILLS WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD ON 03/15/01 AND 03/19/01 RESPECTIVELY, AND WILL BE RECONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE HEARING:

SB 1349

SD1

(SSCR808)

relating to mutual benefit societies.

Deletes obsolete statutory references from mutual benefit societies law relating to incorporation. (SD1)

CPC

SB 589

SD1

(SSCR804)

relating to dental insurance.

Regulates dental health insurers under the Insurance Code. Phases in capital and surplus requirements for dental insurers. Repeals Dental Service Corporations Act and Dental Service Organizations Act. (SD1)

CPC

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 50 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE CPC COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 435, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

THE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON HOUSE BILLS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE SENATE BILLS. PLEASE FOCUS YOUR TESTIMONY ON THE DIFFERENCES, IF ANY, BETWEEN THE SENATE AND HOUSE VERSIONS.

ORAL TESTIMONY SHALL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES PER PERSON.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE CPC COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6180.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

 

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Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa

Chair

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Rep. Kenneth T. Hiraki

Chair