STAND. COM. REP. NO.1318
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 75
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 75, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to provide a one-year extension for the Real Estate Commission to review and recommend recodification of Hawaii's condominium laws.
Specifically, this bill:
(1) Requires the Real Estate Commission to submit a final report of the review, including findings and recommendations, and draft legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2004;
(2) Expands membership of the Recodification Advisory Committee to include representatives from the Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, Hawaii Independent Condominium and Cooperative Owners, Community Associations Institute-Hawaii Chapter, Hawaii Association of Realtors, and the Condominium Council of Maui;
(3) Requires the Recodification Advisory Committee to meet to review the final version of the recodification draft to be presented at public hearings and to meet again after the public hearings to review data from the hearings and to make recommendations to the Real Estate Commission before the final recodification draft is submitted to the Legislature; and
(4) Appropriates $95,000 from the Condominium Management Education Fund to cover the cost of completing the comprehensive review of condominium property regimes law and to continue the full-time temporary condominium specialist position in the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for one year.
Your Committee finds that additional time is necessary for the Real Estate Commission to address the complexity of issues involved in the recodification process, adequately provide for statewide public review and comment, and ensure a final product that is comprehensive, clear, and consumer friendly.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 75, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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