HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson, Chair |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Sharon E. Har |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. David A. Tarnas |
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Rep. Sam Satoru Kong |
Rep. Lauren Matsumoto |
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Rep. John M. Mizuno |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 3, 2022 |
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2:00 p.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Permits sixty-seven per cent of unit owners to amend a condominium declaration. Requires developers to include annual reserve contributions based on a reserve study. Clarifies time and date requirements for petitions to amend bylaws and call for special meetings; electronic, machine, and mail voting during periods of emergency; time frame for approval of minutes; and board meeting participation. Requires a condominium association's reserve study to be performed by an independent, certified reserve specialist and prepared or updated at least every three years.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires condominium associations to allow members or their proxies to vote by mail and attend and cast votes in association meetings through the internet, teleconference, or other electronic transmission technology. Ensures the provision of copies of printed audit trails.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Amends the requirements for a condominium association's standard proxy form by deleting the option for a condominium owner to give the proxy to the board as a whole.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Establishes requirements for cumulative voting and the removal of directors of planned community associations. Exempts planned community associations from certain requirements regarding cumulative voting for and the removal of directors under the Hawaii Nonprofit Corporations Act.
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CPC |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS. Requires that the fees for attorneys retained by a condominium association be paid from an association's funds or reserves. Limits the total and final legal fees to twenty-five per cent of the original debt amount. Requires attorneys retained by a condominium association to confine their communications to the condominium board, except when the attorneys must request and require materials and responses directly from owners for each matter. Prohibits attorneys retained by a condominium association from billing unit owners directly.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Requires buildings and structures to be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. Requires devices and safeguards to be maintained in conformance with county building codes. Requires condominium associations or their designated agents to be responsible for the maintenance of the buildings and structures. Authorizes county building officials to require a building or structure to be reinspected.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits any planned community association from assessing a fine or requiring an architectural review for any security camera commercially available to the general public on the exterior of a member's or tenant's unit if installed for a certain duration or if installed by or on behalf of a previous member or tenant who occupied the unit. Authorizes a fine if the security camera is installed in a haphazard fashion.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits any planned community association from assessing a fine or requiring an architectural review for construction or installation work to the exterior of a member's or tenant's unit if performed more than three or more years ago or if performed by or on behalf of a previous owner of the unit, regardless of when the unit's construction or installation work was completed. Provides the association up to ninety days after a public report of a close of sale to assess any fines and enforce the findings of the architectural review, which, once enforced, shall not expire.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS. Prohibits planned community associations from prohibiting an owner or a sub-association from utilizing xeriscaping. Voids any provision in an association document that prohibits xeriscaping.
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CPC, JHA |
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RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL. Requires the state building code council to consult with building industry trade associations to gather cost data on the implementation of building codes or standards and calculate the financial impact of those codes and standards, including amortized utility costs, on the cost of single-family and multi-family homes built in the State. Requires the annual report to the governor to include the cost provided by building industry trade associations on each code and standard adopted by the council. Effective 1/1/2023.
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CPC, FIN |
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RELATING TO BUILDING INSPECTIONS. Requires periodic inspections of certain walls and appurtenances of buildings five or more stories in height.
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CPC, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Aaron Ling Johanson Chair |
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