HB1713 CD1

Report Title:

Condo Owner Request for Info; Notice of Costs

 

Description:

Requires that an apartment owner who has requested information from a condominium association be provided 10 days prior written notice of the intent to charge the owner the cost of providing the information, except where costs are assessed to provide information on delinquent assessments or in connection with enforcement proceedings. (HB1713 CD1)

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1713
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY REGIMES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§514A-    Association of apartment owners; prior written notice of assessment of the cost of providing information. No apartment owner who requests legal or other information from the association of apartment owners, the board of directors, the managing agent, or their employees or agents, shall be charged for the cost of providing the information unless the association notifies the apartment owner that it intends to charge the apartment owner for the cost. The association shall notify the apartment owner in writing at least ten days prior to incurring the cost of providing the information, except that no prior notice shall be required to assess the cost of providing information on delinquent assessments or in connection with proceedings to enforce the law or the association's governing documents.

After being notified of the cost of providing the information, the apartment owner may withdraw the request, in writing. An apartment owner who withdraws a request for information shall not be charged for the cost of providing the information."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.