STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1550

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 392

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 392, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that if a proxy is a standard proxy form authorized by a condominium association, and the proxy is returned with no quorum or proxy designation box checked or more than one quorum or proxy designation box checked, the proxy shall be counted for quorum purposes only.

Associa, Hawaii State Association of Parliamentarians, Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners, Hui Malama O Hale, Hui ‘Oia‘i‘o, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure.

     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. 392, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair