STAND. COM. REP. NO.  140

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 279

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 279 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to prohibit a real estate broker or salesperson, who is acting on behalf of a seller of real estate, from acting in a manner that prevents a prospective buyer from being able to retain a real estate broker or salesperson.

 

     The Hawaii Real Estate Commission testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Hawaii Association of REALTORS provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying that the Real Estate Commission may take disciplinary actions if the real estate broker or salesperson acts in a manner that prohibits a prospective purchaser from being able to retain the services of a real estate broker or salesperson.

 


     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. 279, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 279, 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