CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 196-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3324

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3324, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE IN HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS,"

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) Establish a working group to examine and address the problem of infrastructure repair and maintenance in planned housing subdivisions that do not have compulsory homeowner associations in counties with populations greater than one hundred seventy thousand but less than three hundred thousand; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the working group, subject to the availability of matching county funds.

Your Committee on Conference finds that there is a lack of guidance for planned housing subdivisions without compulsory homeowners or community associations regarding obligations for subdivision infrastructure repair and maintenance. Your Committee on Conference further finds that homeowners in these subdivisions need a way to organize and collect fees required for repairs and maintenance. Accordingly, this measure establishes a working group to investigate and recommend solutions for this problem.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the member composition and selection procedure for the working group;

(2) Clarifying the duties of the working group;

(3) Authorizing the working group to convene remotely;

(4) Inserting an appropriation amount of $100,000;

(5) Removing the matching funds limitation from the appropriation;

(6) Making section 3 effective on July 1, 2022, and the remainder of the Act effective upon its approval; and

(7) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 S.B. No. 3324, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3324, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA Co-Chair	____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Chair
____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI Co-Chair	____________________________ CHRIS LEE Co-Chair
____________________________ GREGGOR ILAGAN Co-Chair	____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Co-Chair
	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Co-Chair