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The Hawaii Real Estate Commission is revising, editing and rewriting its 1991 brochures entitled "Condominium Owners Rights and Responsibilities" and "Condominium Board Members Powers and Duties". The brochures will be updated to be consistent with the current condominium laws (Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapters 514A and 514B) and other related federal and state laws, court decisions administrative decisions and policies and procedures. John Morris and I have been selected by the Commission to... Posted on September 9, 2008 at 08:14 pm by Richard S. Ekimoto

On June 17, 2008, the U.S. Justice Department ("DOJ") published a notice of proposed rulemaking on the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). Title III of the ADA provides protections to disabled individuals in places of public accommodations. The ADA requires, among other things, that public accommodations remove architectural barriers to disabled individuals that are "readily achievable". Readily achievable generally means that it can be easily done without much expense. Most purely... Posted on June 22, 2008 at 07:52 pm by Richard S. Ekimoto

I realize that I've been remiss in posting anything for this legislative session. We've been extremely busy, but we'll be making up for that by posting some of the new laws that affect community associations. Act 13 (SB 1809) was signed by the Governor and became effective on April 15, 2008. It amends Hawaii Revised Statutes &#xc2&#xa7514B-121(b). Previously, the Hawaii Condominium Property Act required that if 25% of the owners signed a petition calling for a special meeting, the Secretary or Managing... Posted on June 18, 2008 at 02:15 pm by Richard S. Ekimoto

The state recently posted a request for proposals ("RFP") for environmental studies to support the Interisland Wind and Interisland Cable projects. The Interisland Cable is intended to connect wind facilities on the islands of Molokai and Lanai to Oahu, with a phased expansion to Maui. The Interisland Cable project is part of the Energy Agreement signed by the State Division of Consumer Advocacy of the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs, and Hawaiian Electric Companies ("HEC"), on... Posted on November 15, 2009 at 07:20 pm

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that Pending home sales rose again, marking eight consecutive monthly gains-the longest streak since measurement began in 2001. NAR's index is released during the first week of each month and is designed to be a leading indicator of housing activity. The index measures housing contract activity, based on signed real estate contracts for existing single-family homes, condos and co-ops. Posted on November 15, 2009 at 06:44 pm

The Office of Environmental Quality Control (OEQC) recently posted a collection of native and invasive species flash cards on its web site. According to the Bishop Museum, there are more endangered species per square mile in the Hawaiian islands than any other place on the planet. For example, of the more than 140 Hawaiian bird species and subspecies present in the Hawaiian islands prior to human contact, more than half have been lost to extinction. Among the remaining 71 endemic bird species,... Posted on November 9, 2009 at 08:28 am