HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
Rep. Robert N. Herkes, Chair |
Rep. Ryan I. Yamane, Vice Chair |
Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Blake K. Oshiro |
Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
Rep. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran |
Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching |
Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
Rep. Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair |
Rep. Karl Rhoads, Vice Chair |
Rep. Tom Brower |
Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Rida T.R. Cabanilla |
Rep. Blake K. Oshiro |
Rep. Mele Carroll |
Rep. Joseph M. Souki |
Rep. Robert N. Herkes |
Rep. Clift Tsuji |
Rep. Ken Ito |
Rep. George R. Fontaine |
Rep. Sylvia Luke |
Rep. Barbara C. Marumoto |
Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011 |
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2:00 pm |
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Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
RELATING TO THE SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC. Amends chapter 467B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow service of process by substitute service, allows the Attorney General to accept assurances of discontinuance and to issue cease and desist orders for violations of the law, amends and clarifies the charity registration exemptions, and clarifies the time period for the filing of a charity's annual financial report. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Updates regulation of legal service plans; updates fees charged to insurers by the department of commerce and consumer affairs. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Adopts model regulations of National Association of Insurance Commissioners in conformity with senior investor protections in Section 989A of the federal Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. (SD1)
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RELATING TO INSURANCE. Amends the insurance code to comply with the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 and to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to participate in a multistate cooperative to collect surplus lines premium taxes and fees and distribute them to the applicable states. (SD1)
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RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS. Creates registration requirements and qualifications for athletic trainers in this State; provides exemptions; prescribes penalties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Requires foreclosing mortgagees to engage in a dispute resolution process at the election of a mortgagor before carrying out a judicial or nonjudicial power of sale foreclosure; authorizes the supreme court to adopt rules for dispute resolution; establishes a special fund for foreclosure dispute resolution to be expended by the judiciary; imposes a moratorium on foreclosures for 6 months after effective date; makes appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES. Implements recommendations of the mortgage foreclosure task force relating to service of notice, conversion from nonjudicial to judicial foreclosure, the bar against deficiency judgments, notice of pendency of action, and extinguishment of the mortgagor's interest pursuant to the old nonjudicial foreclosure law. Requires a 21 day notice of foreclosure to insurers of the subject property. Requires public sale of property after a nonjudicial power of sale foreclosure to be held at the state building in the county seat of the county where the property is located or, for the city and county of Honolulu, at the state building designated by the department of accountings and general services. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LENDERS. Exempts mortgage services licensed as mortgage loan originators pursuant to chapter 454F from additional licensure under chapter 454M; provides for voluntary surrender of a license through notice to the commissioner and compliance with applicable federal law; corrects an internal reference. (SD1)
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RELATING TO MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS. Amends the secure and fair enforcement for mortgage licensing act to require all mortgage loan originators to work under the sponsorship of a registered entity; specifies standards for processing denied, abandoned, and withdrawn applications; specifies additional prohibited practices and prohibited loan terms; specifies duties and qualifications for supervisory staff of sponsoring entities; restricts fees payable to a licensee; clarifies confidentiality provisions for applications; establishes licensing fees for sponsoring entities; makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD3)
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Robert N. Herkes Chair |
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