STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2164

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2766
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2766 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that projects
created and established as condominium property regimes are
subject to county land use regulatory authority, and to ensure
that they conform to provisions of underlying county zoning
ordinances and development requirements, and are consistent with
the intent of adopted county land use policies and the state land
use law.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the
Real Estate Commission, and a citizen.  Testimony was received
from Hawaii's Thousand Friends in support of the provision
requiring the filing of a declaration of compliance with all
county zoning, building, and other permit requirements, as a
condition to the issuance of a final public report prior to the
completion of construction of a project.

     Upon consideration of all pertinent issues and testimony
presented, your Committee finds that this measure will clarify
that projects created as condominium property regimes are subject
to county zoning and development ordinances and rules, and the

 
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county authority to adopt supplemental rules to ensure
conformance. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the
proposed definition of "apartment" because existing Commission
rules already define that term, and by renumbering the sections
accordingly.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2766, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2766, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee
on Government Operations and Housing.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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                                   CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

 
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