Bill Text: HI HR182 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Urging The Real Estate Commission To Conduct A Study To Examine The Usage Of Electronic Voting Machines And Best Practices To Ensure A Reasonable Level Of Secrecy And Integrity In Condominium Association Meetings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). [HR182 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HR182-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

182

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO EXAMINE THE USAGE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES AND BEST PRACTICES TO ENSURE A REASONABLE LEVEL OF SECRECY AND INTEGRITY IN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, many condominium associations are governed by declarations and bylaws that require secret ballots for votes taken at association meetings; and

 

     WHEREAS, secret ballots can be unduly burdensome for condominiums that need to ballot with different common interests; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, that the Real Estate Commission is urged to conduct a study to examine the usage of electronic voting devices and best practices to ensure a reasonable level of secrecy and integrity in condominium association voting, including, but not limited to:

 

     (1)  Any national standards for electronic voting in condominium association meetings or other similar contexts;

 

     (2)  Any laws in other states governing electronic voting in contexts other than public elections; and

 

     (3)  Any existing practices by condominium associations that ensure secrecy and integrity in voting; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Real Estate Commission is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, if any, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Chairperson of the Real Estate Commission.

Report Title: 

Real Estate Commission; Study; Condominium Associations; Meetings; Electronic Voting

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