HB1713 SD1

Report Title:

Condo Owner Request for Info; Notice of Costs

 

Description:

Requires that an apartment owner who has requested information from an association of apartment owners be provided 10 days prior written notification of the AOAO's intent to charge for the cost of providing the information, except where costs are assessed to provide information on delinquent assessments or in connection with enforcement proceedings. (SD1)

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1713
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.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 owner for the cost. The association shall notify the owner in writing at least ten days prior to assessing 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."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

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