Bill Text: HI SB2222 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Planned Community Associations

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-19 - (H) Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) M. Lee, Yamane voting no and Representative(s) Carroll, Chang, Har, Manahan, Morita, M. Oshiro, Tokioka, Ward excused. [SB2222 Detail]

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2387

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2222

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2222 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to update the proxy requirements for planned community associations.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Association of Parliamentarians and one private citizen.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the Princeville at Hanalei Community Association.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will create consistency between the proxy rules governing planned community associations and those governing condominium associations.  Your Committee further finds that this measure will provide more flexibility for owners in planned community associations to communicate with each other in advance of association meetings and to assert their opinions at association meetings.  Finally, your Committee respectfully requests that the Real Estate Commission assist in the implementation of this measure by publicizing the new proxy rules on its website. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Adding a new provision to allow solicitation of proxies and distribution of forms through the association's website;

 

     (2)  Providing that the requirements of this Act shall not take effect until January 1, 2011, to allow associations time to adopt the changes made by this measure in time for their next annual meetings; and

 

     (3)  Making nonsubstantive technical changes for the purposes of clarity and accuracy.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2222, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2222, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair