Bill Text: HI HB1755 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1755 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Planned Community Associations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1755 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-HB1755-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1755
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 421J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§421J- Installation of security cameras. No association may:

(1) Assess a fine to any member or tenant of a unit; or

(2) Require a member or tenant of a unit to undergo an architectural review by the association's architectural review committee,

for any security camera that is commercially available to the general public for home security use on the exterior of a member's or tenant's unit if installed three or more years prior to the effective date of this Act or if installed by or on behalf of a previous member or tenant who occupied the unit; provided that the association may assess a fine on the member or tenant of a unit if the security camera is installed in a haphazard fashion such that external wiring is visible."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

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

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Planned Community Associations; Security Cameras; Installation

Description:

Prohibits any planned community association from assessing a fine or requiring an architectural review for any security camera commercially available to the general public on the exterior of a member's or tenant's unit if installed for a certain duration or if installed by or on behalf of a previous member or tenant who occupied the unit. Authorizes a fine if the security camera is installed in a haphazard fashion.

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