THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 |
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9:30 am |
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Conference Room 229 & Via Videoconference |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Prohibits landlords from recovering possession of a dwelling unit from tenants if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Sets a tenant's liability for rent if habitability of the premises is significantly impaired. Provides remedies for retaliatory evictions.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. Allows a landlord or landlord's agent to charge an application screening fee at the time a rental application is processed for residential property. Caps the amount of an application screening fee at $25 and prohibits fees to be charged for each member of a household. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to provide a receipt for payment of the application screening fee and copy of any report obtained, if requested by the applicant, and within ten days of the applicant's request. Requires the landlord or landlord's agent to return any unauthorized fee amounts to the applicant.
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CPN, JDC
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RELATING TO RENTAL DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits discrimination in rental transactions based on participation in any government rental assistance program, including low-income housing assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, as amended.
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CPN, JDC
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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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CPN, JDC
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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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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Rosalyn H. Baker Chair |