STAND. COM. REP. NO.  613

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1130

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1130 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE OF PROCESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make permanent the requirement that condominium associations, planned community associations, and cooperative housing corporations establish an access policy for civil process servers.

     The Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, the law firm of Bendet Fidell, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1130 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair