Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

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. 1935, 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 protect prospective buyers of residences in planned communities by requiring the seller to include the planned community declaration and association documents in the disclosure statement that must be provided to the buyer under Chapter 508D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill, which takes effect upon its approval and is applicable starting December 31, 2006, by, instead, making the bill effective on July 1, 2006. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for clarity and style.

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. 1935, 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. 1935, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.