Bill Text: HI SB2641 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Transient Accommodations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-20 - The committee on CPH deferred the measure. [SB2641 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2641-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to transient accommodations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii is a highly
desirable vacation destination and visitors are looking for a unique visitor
experience. The popularity of
short-term vacation rentals has grown enormously in the last few years and
jurisdictions across the country are dealing with how to handle this emerging
enterprise.
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legislature finds that requiring operators who reside in a different State or
island from the location of their short-term vacation rental to designate a
licensed real estate broker or salesperson as the local contact is important to
protect consumers.
The purpose of this Act is to protect consumers
of short-term vacation rentals by requiring local contacts for transient
accommodations to be real estate brokers or real estate salespersons.
SECTION 2. Section 237D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "local contact" to read as follows:
""Local contact"
means [an individual] a real estate broker or real estate
salesperson, licensed under chapter 467, residing on the same island as the
transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit [or an entity
with a place of business and at least one employee, officer, partner, member,
or other person working on behalf of the company who is residing on the same
island as the transient accommodation or resort time share vacation unit]."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Transient Accommodations; Local Contact
Description:
Requires transient accommodations operators to designate local contacts who are licensed real estate brokers or salespersons.
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