STAND. COM. REP. NO. 644

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1125

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1125, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make the condominium dispute resolution pilot project permanent and preserve the availability of mediation, arbitration, administrative resolution, and the right of judicial appeal for disputes related to certain condominium matters.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Bruce Howe, Community Associations Institute/LAC; Philip Nerney, Community Associations Institute; and Joani Taylor.

 

     Your Committee finds that avenues of non-judicial relief, such as mediation, arbitration, and administrative resolution, are important mechanisms for avoiding costly court proceedings in many disputes between condominium unit owners and their condominium association and should therefore be preserved.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the issue.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1125, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1125, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair