STAND. COM. REP. NO.  169-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2045

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2045 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide a remedy for planned community associations to recover unpaid assessments for common expenses up to the time of a grant or conveyance of property.

 

     The Hawaii Chapter of the Community Associations Institute and two individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will clarify the responsibilities of owners, grantors, and grantees with regard to unpaid assessments for common expenses when conveying property in planned community associations.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     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. 2045, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2045, 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