STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1130
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 499
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 499, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PARTITION OF HEIRS PROPERTY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee notes that defending family members in partition actions often cannot afford and do not have counsel and may not understand what rights they have under the partition action. Therefore, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that the court shall determine whether the property is heirs property subject to this measure in any action for partition of real property;
(2) Specifying that the court shall provide notice to all parties of the value of the real property and the cotenants' right to buy the interests of cotenants who are willing to sell; 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 Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 499, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 499, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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