CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 20-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2910

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

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. 2910, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TIME SHARE COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS,"

 

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)  Clarify the Lieutenant Governor's rulemaking authority relating to Commissioners of Deeds;

 

     (2)  Authorize the Lieutenant Governor to assess and collect fees and administrative fines relating to Commissioners of Deeds;

 

     (3)  Clarify that the Lieutenant Governor is responsible for the Commissioners of Deeds program;

 

     (4)  Increase the surety bond requirement for Commissioners of Deeds; and

 

     (5)  Appropriate funds for the establishment and administration of the Commissioners of Deeds program.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that Act 277, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013 (Act 277), established the Commissioners of Deeds program within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.  The program includes a process for the Governor to appoint individuals to serve as Commissioners of Deeds to administer oaths, take acknowledgments, and take proofs of execution outside of the United States in connection with the execution of conveyance documents relating to a time share interest, any property subject to a time share plan, or the operation of a time share plan covering any property located within Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee on Conference further finds that a working group, convened to discuss and analyze the implementation of Act 277, has determined that additional legislation and authorization are necessary to fully implement the Commissioners of Deeds program.  This measure addresses the issues identified by the working group and provides the Office of the Lieutenant Governor with the authority and clarification needed to properly implement Act 277.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $60,000 for a Commissioner of Deeds specialist and the establishment and administration of the Commissioners of Deeds program; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2016.

 

     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. 2910, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2910, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Co-Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Co-Chair