Bill Text: HI SB725 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Condominiums.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-15 - Act 007, 04/12/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). [SB725 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB725-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 514B-154, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) After any
association meeting, and not earlier, unit owners shall be permitted to examine
proxies, tally sheets, ballots, owners' check-in lists, and the certificate of
election; provided that:
(1) Owners
shall make a request to examine the documents within thirty days after the
association meeting;
(2) The board may require
owners to furnish to the association a duly executed and acknowledged affidavit
stating that the information is requested in good faith for the protection of
the interest of the association or its members or both; and
(3) Owners shall pay for
administrative costs in excess of eight hours per year.
[If there are no requests to examine
proxies and ballots, the] The documents may be destroyed [thirty
days] ninety days after the association meeting[. If there are requests to examine proxies and
ballots, the documents shall be kept for an additional sixty days, after which
they may be destroyed.]; provided that in the event of a contested
election, the documents shall be retained until the contested election is
resolved. Copies of tally sheets,
owners' check-in lists, and the certificates of election from the most recent
association meeting shall be provided to any owner upon the owner's request;
provided that the owner pays a reasonable fee for duplicating, postage,
stationery, and other administrative costs associated with handling the
request."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Condominiums; Condominium Associations; Proxies and Ballots; Document Retention
Description:
Specifies
that a condominium association's proxies and ballots may be destroyed ninety
days, rather than thirty days, after an association meeting, unless the
election is contested, in which case the documents shall be retained until
resolution of the contested election.
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