STAND. COM. REP. NO.  434-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 518

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 518 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACCESS TO REAL PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require a seller to disclose to a buyer the existence, if any, of legal or traditional public access that burdens the residential or agricultural real property being sold.

The Hawaii Association of REALTORS, the Wainaku-Kaiwiki Community Association, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  An individual opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to November 1, 2012, to provide sellers with adequate time to update the Seller's Real Property Disclosure Statement; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 518, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 518, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Agriculture,

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CLIFT TSUJI, Chair