STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2808

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3089

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3089 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF CONVEYANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow counties to enact ordinances that require a grantor of real property to include in the applicable certificate or certificates of conveyance a statement that indicates whether the granted real property located within the county may be used for short-term rentals under the county's zoning or land use ordinances.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Association of REALTORS.

Your Committee finds that the illegal use of residential properties as short-term vacation accommodations has caused discord in many communities and exacerbated the shortage of affordable rental housing in the State. Some property owners knowingly violate county ordinances that prohibit the renting of residential properties on a short-term basis in certain areas, while other owners who offer short-term rentals may not be aware that their conduct is illegal.

Your Committee further finds that this measure will help the counties clarify and enforce applicable zoning and land use ordinances and thereby reduce instances in which property owners illegally rent units for short periods of time.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical amendments to section 1 of the measure to consolidate redundant provisions and more clearly establish the requirements of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3089, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3089, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair