Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to permit an amateur radio operator licensed by the Federal Communications Commission who owns a subdivision lot, to install an amateur radio antenna on the lot so long as it does not directly affect any other subdivision lot owner, and without first obtaining approval or consent.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill to grant the board of directors of a planned community association, within an agricultural district, the authority to permit owners to install antennas for amateur radios within their units. However, if the installation is in a common area, it must still comply with all provisions of the association documents. If a board denies permission to install an antenna, the board must state the reasons in writing.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2774, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.