STAND. COM. REP. NO.  302

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 69

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 69 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the right of members of planned community associations to display the United States and State of Hawaii flags on their properties by prohibiting planned community associations and their boards of directors from:

 

(1)  Disallowing members or their bona fide tenants from displaying house-mounted United States and State of Hawaii flags on their residential dwellings; and

 

(2)  Assessing or charging any fee or fine, or imposing any penalty, on their members, for house-mounted display of these flags.

 

It is your Committee's intent to give latitude to the members of planned community associations in determining the duration and time period in which they may choose to display house-mounted United States and State of Hawaii flags, and as such, a specified duration and time period is not reflected in this bill.

 

 

     The Oahu Veterans Council, President of the Korean Air Force Association of Hawaii, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 970, and several concerned military veterans and individuals testified in support of this measure.  Mililani Town Association submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

 

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Specifying that any house-mounted United States flag or State of Hawaii flag must be displayed in a prominent position on the residential dwelling, rather than displayed at the front of the residential dwelling; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 69, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 69, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,

 

 

 

 

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RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair