STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 347

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 347, 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 delete the option for a condominium owner to give the owner's proxy to the condominium association's board as a whole.

Kokua Council, Hui ‘Oia‘i‘o, and several individuals testified in support of this measure. Hawaiian Properties, Ltd., Honolulu Tower Association of Apartment Owners, Associa, Legislative Action Committee of the Community Associations Institute Hawaii Chapter, and a few individuals testified in opposition to this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 347, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair