STAND. COM. REP. NO.  546

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1498

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1498 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist condominium owners by requiring that contracts between an association and its resident manager or general manager be disclosed to a unit owner, while allowing certain personal information to be redacted from the contract.

 

     The Hawaii Council of Associations of Apartment Owners dba Hawaii Council of Community Associations, Mauna Luan, Associa, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  Two concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Regulated Industries Complaints Office of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying additional types of personal information that may be redacted from a contract;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1498, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1498, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair