THE SENATE
S.B. NO.
1212
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the real estate commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the real estate commission is responsible for, among other things, overseeing condominium projects, condominium associations, managing agents, and condominium hotel operators. The real estate commission is also responsible for administering the condominium education trust fund for educational purposes, including education and research in the field of condominium management. Presently, there are approximately 1,668 condominium association registrations and twenty-nine condominium hotel operator registrations in the State. The expertise of the real estate commission is therefore critical to ensuring accountability and compliance with existing condominium law.
Accordingly, to promote the safety of the hundreds of thousands of residents who live in the condominiums across the State, the purpose of this Act is to require that at least two members of the real estate commission be licensed professional engineers or professional architects who have been engaged in business within the State for three years preceding their appointment to the real estate commission.
SECTION 2. Section 467-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§467-3 Commission, appointments, qualifications, tenure. There shall be appointed a commission to be known as the real estate commission, to consist of nine members, at least four of whom shall be licensed real estate brokers who have been engaged in business as licensed real estate brokers or salespersons for three years immediately preceding their appointments[[Struck through: , each of whom]][Underlined: . At least two members shall be licensed professional engineers or architects who have been engaged in business as a licensed professional engineer or architect in the State for three years immediately preceding their appointments. All members] shall be a citizen of the United States and shall have resided in the State for at least three years preceding appointment, and one of whom shall be designated by the appointing power as chairperson. Four members shall be residents of the city and county of Honolulu, one shall be a resident of the county of Hawaii, one shall be a resident of the county of Maui, and one shall be a resident of the county of Kauai and two members shall be public members.
Appointments shall be made for a term of four years, commencing from the date of expiration of the last preceding term and shall be made to expire on June 30. Appointments shall be made so that at least one appointment shall be required each year.
Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term."
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.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Real Estate Commission; Membership; Requirements; Professional Engineers; Architects
Description:
Requires at least two members of the Real Estate Commission to be licensed professional engineers or architects engaged in business in the State for three years immediately preceding the appointment.
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