Hawaii Condo Law

On April 17, 2007, I reported on a House Consumer Protection Hearing on the Sunrise Review Resolution for a Condominium Commission. The House Consumer Protection Committee passed the bill without any amendments.

There is a hearing on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in room 309 on the bill before House Legislative Management Committee, Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay.

Persons wishing to offer comments are requested to submit 27 copies of their testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing to:

  Room 322 in the State Capitol; OR

  The HOUSE testimony drop off box in the turnaround area of the Capitol Basement parking lot.

Persons wishing to fax comments less than 5 pages in length are requested to transmit their testimony to 586-6501 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (Neighbor Islands). On the transmittal, please indicate:

  The Committee the comments are directed to;

  The date and time of the hearing; and

  The number of copies the Committee is requesting.

There is a hearing on Monday, April 24, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in room 016 of Senate Conferees on bills of interest to community associations to decide whether to recommend agreement of the House versions.

Senate Conferees: Senators Taniguchi, Chair; Espero, Slom

The hearing notice discusses the following bills of interest to community associations:

SB 921 HD1 This bill would limit the charge for documents provided to owners to a reasonable fee not to exceed $1 per page (except that more may be charged for pages that are larger than 8 1/2 by 11.

SB 1654 HD1 This bill attempts to clarify that mediations and “condo court” proceedings apply to condominiums created before July 1, 2006 and that if any “condo court” cases were dismissed because of the repeal of the condo court provisions.

AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING MEETING ONLY, NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED. You can of course contact any of the conferees.

On April 21, 2007, I reported on the conference committee on the leased fee conversion tax credit bill. The hearing notice states that the conference committee will reconvene on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 229.

4/24/2007: Corrected Title of Post (used to read “Cumulative Voting Bill Conference Committee Hearing”