CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 40-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1874

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

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. 1874, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, 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 encourage alternative dispute resolution by, temporarily, until June 30, 2023:

(1) Expanding the scope of the Condominium Education Trust Fund to cover voluntary binding arbitration; and

(2) Amending the conditions that mandate mediation and exceptions to mandatory mediation for condominium related disputes.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to January 2, 2019;

(2) Specifying that sections 514B-71(a), 514B-72(a), and 514B-161, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which they read on January 1, 2019, upon this measure's repeal on June 30, 2023; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 1874, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1874, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, 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
____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair