STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2530

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3029

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 3029 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTORY REVISION:  AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE HAWAII REVISED STATUTES AND THE SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII FOR THE PURPOSE OF CORRECTING ERRORS AND REFERENCES AND CLARIFYING LANGUAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make various housekeeping amendments to the Hawaii Revised Statutes and Session Laws of Hawaii to correct errors, omissions, or obsolete laws.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.  The Real Estate Commission submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislative Reference Bureau is authorized to conduct a systematic and continuing study of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and Session Laws of Hawaii for the purposes of improving clarity in the laws by reducing the number and bulk and removing inconsistencies, redundancies, and repetitions.  All of the amendments in this measure are intended to be technical in nature to correct errors, omissions, or obsolete laws.  Any changes that may have a substantive effect are intended to provide further clarity and consistency.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adopting the amendments suggested by the Real Estate Commission to ensure that the housekeeping amendments made to the condominium laws do not preclude any ongoing condominium disputes in mediation stemming from the now expired condominium dispute resolution pilot program from reaching a resolution;

     (2)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to ensure further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3029, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3029, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair