CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.41-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1713

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES,"

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 require an association of apartment owners (AOAO) that has received a request for information from an owner, to notify the owner in writing of its intent to impose fees for providing that information prior to making the assessment, except where costs are assessed to provide information on delinquent assessments or in connection with enforcement proceedings.

Your Committee on Conference finds that under the current measure, owners do not have the opportunity to withdraw a request for information once they have received notification. The measure also requires an AOAO to provide written notification 10 days prior to "assessing" the cost of providing information.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Replacing the term "assessing" with "incurring" to ensure that owners receive notification prior to an AOAO actually incurring the cost of providing information; and

(2) Allowing an owner to withdraw a request for information without being charged any costs for the information.

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 H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1713, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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RON MENOR, Chair

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair