CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 1498

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1498, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require a copy of any contract, written job description, and compensation between a condominium association and a person or entity retained by the association to manage the operation of the property to be made available to any unit owner while permitting certain personal information to be redacted from the contract copy;

     (2)  Clarify that the removal or replacement of a director elected by a class of unit owners shall be by a majority of only the members of that class;

     (3)  Specify that for an election in a mixed-use condominium project where directors are elected by different classes of owners, an association is permitted to cast a vote or votes allocated to any nonresidential unit owned by the association where those eligible to vote in the election are limited to owners of one or more nonresidential units, including the nonresidential unit owned by the association; and

     (4)  Prohibit tenants from serving as board members of a condominium association.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a definition of "tenant" in Part III as that term is used with regard to service on a board of a condominium association; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2017.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1498, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1498, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Chair	____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI Co-Chair
	____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair