Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 883 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to hold a landlord liable for the unlawful acts of a tenant, if the landlord had actual knowledge or received notice of the tenant's continuing or repeated unlawful conduct and did not attempt to stop it.

A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Oahu Chapter of the National Association of Residential Property Managers, Hawaii Association of Realtors, Institute of Real Estate Management Hawaii Chapter No. 34, and a concerned individual opposed this measure. Kamehameha Schools offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 883 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.