STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1790

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1345

S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1345, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the resolution of condominium management disputes by:

(1) Removing restrictions on the types of issues that may be considered in an administrative hearing of a condominium management dispute; and

(2) Allowing any matter that was the subject of prior mediation of a condominium management dispute pursuant to section 514A-121.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be considered in an administrative hearing of the dispute.

The Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners and Hawaii Independent Condominium & Cooperative Owners testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1345, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair