STAND. COM. REP. NO. 507
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 676
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 676 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Applying prohibitions against discrimination based on lawful source of income to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code, which limits the measure to the rental of residential real property only;
(2) Adding two new definitions for "rental transaction" and "source of income" to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, for the purpose of encouraging further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committee respectfully requests that the Committee on Judiciary investigate the barriers to successful rental transactions faced by owners and property managers in renting to tenants who receive section 8 housing assistance.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 676, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 676, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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