Bill Text: HI SB856 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Property Management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB856 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB856-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"§467-
Training and
certification program. (a) The
commission shall establish and administer a training
and certification program to ensure that every member of a cooperative
housing corporation board of directors, planned community association board of
directors, and condominium association board understands the board member's
legal and fiduciary obligations pursuant to chapters 421I, 421J, and 514B, respectively.
(b) The department may adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 91, to effectuate the purpose of this section."
SECTION 2. Section 421I-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§421I-3[]]
Board of directors; election. (a)
A meeting of the corporation for the purpose of electing the board of
directors shall be held not later than one hundred eighty days after the first
conveyance of a dwelling unit to a shareholder, if at least forty per cent of
the dwelling units have been conveyed by that time. If forty per cent of the dwelling units have
not been conveyed within one year after the first conveyance, the meeting of
the corporation may be held upon the call of the owners of at least ten per
cent of the shares by a petition presented to the secretary of the corporation.
(b) Every member of the board of directors shall be:
(1) A shareholder of the cooperation;
(2) A spouse of a shareholder; or
(3) A trust beneficiary, if the shareholder is a trustee.
(c) Each dwelling unit shall have only one representative on the board of directors.
(d) Within one year of election to the board of directors, or within one year of the effective date of this Act, each board member shall attend the training and certification course provided by the real estate commission."
SECTION 3. Section 421J-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§421J-3[]]
Board of directors. (a) Every member of the board of directors shall
be a member of the association. However,
a developer may appoint or elect directors pursuant to any special voting
rights or power of appointment reserved to the master developer.
(b) The board of directors shall be composed of the number and group of persons specified in the association documents. There shall not be more than one representative on the board of directors from any one unit that is owned by any person other than the master developer or declarant.
(c) Within one year of appointment or election to the board of directors, or within one year of the effective date of this Act, each board member shall attend the training and certification course provided by the real estate commission."
SECTION 4. Section 514B-106, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§514B-106 Board; powers and duties. (a) Except as provided in the declaration, the
bylaws, subsection (b), or other provisions of this chapter, the board may act
in all instances on behalf of the association.
In the performance of their duties, officers and members of the board
shall owe the association a fiduciary duty and exercise the degree of care and
loyalty required of an officer or director of a corporation organized under
chapter 414D. Any violation by a board
or its officers or members of the mandatory provisions of section 514B‑161
or 514B-162 may constitute a violation of the fiduciary duty owed pursuant to
this subsection; provided that a board member may avoid liability under this
subsection by indicating in writing the board member's disagreement with such
board action or rescinding or withdrawing the violating conduct within
forty-five days of the occurrence of the initial violation.
(b) The board may not act on behalf of the
association to amend the declaration or bylaws (sections 514B‑32(a)(11) and 514B‑108(b)(7)), to remove
the condominium from the provisions of this chapter (section 514B‑47), or to elect members of the board or
determine the qualifications, powers and duties, or terms of office of board
members (subsection (e)); provided that nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to prohibit board members from voting proxies (section 514B‑123) to elect members of the board; provided
further that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the declaration or
bylaws, the board may only fill vacancies in its membership to serve until the
next annual or duly noticed special association meeting. Notice of a special association meeting to
fill vacancies shall include notice of the election. Any special association meeting to fill
vacancies shall be held on a date that allows sufficient time for owners to
declare their intention to run for election and to solicit proxies for that
purpose.
(c) Within thirty days after the adoption of any proposed budget for the condominium, the board shall make available a copy of the budget to all the unit owners and shall notify each unit owner that the unit owner may request a copy of the budget.
(d) The declaration may provide for a period of developer control of the association, during which a developer, or persons designated by the developer, may appoint and remove the officers and members of the board. Regardless of the period provided in the declaration, a period of developer control terminates no later than the earlier of:
(1) Sixty days after conveyance of seventy-five per cent of the common interest appurtenant to units that may be created to unit owners other than a developer or affiliate of the developer;
(2) Two years after the developer has ceased to offer units for sale in the ordinary course of business;
(3) Two years after any right to add new units was last exercised; or
(4) The day the developer, after giving written notice to unit owners, records an instrument voluntarily surrendering all rights to control activities of the association.
A developer may voluntarily surrender the right to appoint and remove officers and members of the board before termination of that period, but in that event the developer may require, for the duration of the period of developer control, that specified actions of the association or board, as described in a recorded instrument executed by the developer, be approved by the developer before they become effective.
(e) Not later than the termination of any period
of developer control, the unit owners shall elect a board of at least three
members; provided that projects created after May 18, 1984, with one
hundred or more individual units, shall have an elected board of at least nine
members unless the membership has amended the bylaws to reduce the number of
directors; and provided further that projects with more than one hundred
individual units where at least seventy per cent of the unit owners do not
reside at the project may amend the bylaws to reduce the board to as few
as five members by the written consent of a majority of the unit owners or the
vote of a majority of a quorum at any annual meeting or special meeting called
for that purpose. The association may
rely on its membership records in determining whether a unit is
owner-occupied. A decrease in the number
of directors shall not deprive an incumbent director of any remaining term of
office.
(f) At any regular or special meeting of the association, any member of the board may be removed and successors shall be elected for the remainder of the term to fill the vacancies thus created. The removal and replacement shall be by a vote of a majority of the unit owners and, otherwise, in accordance with all applicable requirements and procedures in the bylaws for the removal and replacement of directors and, if removal and replacement is to occur at a special meeting, section 514B‑121(c).
(g) Within one year of election to the board, or within one year of the effective date of this Act, each board member shall attend the training and certification course provided by the real estate commission."
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DCCA; Real
Estate Commission; Property Management; Board of Directors; Training and
Certification
Description:
Requires each member of a cooperative housing corporation board of directors, planned community association board of directors, and condominium association board to attend a training and certification course provided by the Real Estate Commission within one year of appointment or election or one year of the effective date of the Act. Requires the Real Estate Commission to establish and administer a training and certification program to ensure that every board member understands the member's legal and fiduciary obligations pursuant to chapters 421I, 421J, and 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
