Report Title:

Real Property; Familial Status Definition; Legitimate Consent

Description:

Amends the definition of "familial status" to delete "unwritten" permission.  (SD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	663
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION IN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to clarify the definition of "familial status" in the law pertaining to discrimination in real property transactions to specify that a person domiciled with a minor child or children must have written permission from the child's parent to qualify for "familial status".

     SECTION 2.  Section 515-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "familial status" to read as follows:

     ""Familial status" means the status of:  a parent having legal custody of and domiciled with a minor child or children, a person who is domiciled with a minor child or children and who has written [or unwritten] permission from the legal parent, a person who is pregnant, or any person who is in the process of securing legal custody of a minor child or children."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. 

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.