Bill Text: HI HB2197 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Condominiums; Solar Energy; Wind Energy

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-23 - (S) Act 053, 4/23/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 515). [HB2197 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2197-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2955

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2197

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2197, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide the board of directors of a condominium association with the authority to install, or cause the installation of, solar or wind energy devices on the common elements of a condominium project.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the President of Country Club Village, Phase 2, Association of Apartment Owners and one private citizen.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure capitalizes on an opportunity to further reduce the State's dependence on fossil fuels by facilitating the installation of renewable energy devices on the common elements of condominiums.  Your Committee also finds that this measure would benefit the condominium association and its owners by reducing energy costs and allowing for the lease or license of common elements for the installation of solar or wind energy devices.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2197, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair