STAND. COM. REP. NO.  410-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2197

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2197, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to give boards of directors authority to install or allow the installation of solar or wind energy devices on the common elements of condominiums.

     Island Pacific Energy; Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Solar Energy Association; Blue Planet Foundation; and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2197, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair