STAND. COM. REP. NO.  116

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 732

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 732 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIENS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the time for filing the application and notice of mechanic's and materialman's liens from forty-five to ninety days after completion of applicable improvements.

 

     The Subcontractors Association of Hawaii provided comments.

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 732, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 732, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair