COMMITTEES ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE/JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Monday, February 22, 1999
6:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325, State Capitol

AGENDA:

HB 1267  RELATING TO FORECLOSURES.                                       CPC/JHA
         Makes general housekeeping amendments  to  the  alternate power of sale
         foreclosure process,  including  deleting  the  requirement  of an open
         house, clarifying that public  notices  be  mailed and delivered rather
         than sent, and deleting the  public information requirement for lenders
         using the new process.
HB 1344  RELATING TO ATTORNEYS' FEES.                                    CPC/JHA
         Permits an  arbitrator  to  award  reasonable  attorneys'  fees, not to
         exceed 25% of damages, in condominium arbitration cases.
HB 1232  RELATING TO PRIVACY.                                            CPC/JHA
         Establishes the  Hawaii  Information  Privacy  Act,  an omnibus privacy
         protection act to  provide  safeguards  against the unwarranted private
         commercial collection and  dissemination  of personal information about
         individuals.

CPC only:
HB 328   RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.                                   HLT, CPC
HD 1     Repeals requirement that physicians  be  certified to treat alcohol and
         drug  abuse  for  purposes  of  mental  health  insurance  benefits for
         treatment of drug and alcohol abuse.
HB 830   RELATING TO SECURITIES.                                        EDB, CPC
         Authorizes small companies  to  raise  capital  through small corporate
         offerings  registration  (SCOR),  a  uniform  registration  system that
         allows small companies  to  obtain  equity  financing by selling common
         stock directly to the public
HB 647   RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.                           CPC
         Authorizes the  association  of  apartment  owners  to  withhold common
         privileges to owner-occupied units that  are delinquent in paying their
         share of common expenses.
HB 648   RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM MAINTENANCE FEES.                           CPC
         Allows condominium associations to  collect delinquent maintenance fees
         from the tenant of  an  owner.    Allows  tenant  to deduct amount from
         payment made  to  landlord  apartment  owner.    Makes this requirement
         prevail in event of conflict with Landlord-Tenant Code.
HB 766   RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.                                           CPC
         Sets dates  by  which  person  acquiring  condominiums apartments after
         foreclosure will be liable for common expenses.
HB 658   RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS.                                           CPC
         Requires that a time share  plan  subject to condominium and time share
         registration  requirements  conform   to   both  unless  contradictory.
         Specifies that time share  requirement concerning disclosure statements
         prevail in event of conflict.

Decision making to follow.

 
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