Real Estate Commission Meeting

Date:

Friday, 02/23/2024

Start Time:

09:00 AM

Place:

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room, King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, 1st Floor, Honolulu Hawaii 96813

Agenda

 

REAL ESTATE COMMISSION MEETING

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

www.hawaii.gov/hirec

 

AGENDA

 

Date:               Friday, February 23, 2024

Time:               9:00 a.m.

Place:              Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, First Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii

 

Agenda: Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by HRS section 92-7(b).

 

If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please email your testimony to hirec@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard copy mail to: Attn: Real Estate Commission, 335 Merchant Street, Room 333, Honolulu, HI 96813. We request submission of testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that it can be distributed to the Commission members.

 

The Commission may move into Executive Session to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(1), HRS, and/or to consult with the Commission’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(4), HRS.

 

1.         Call to Order, Public Notice, Quorum

 

2.         Chair’s Report

 

3.         Executive Officer’s Report

a.              Announcements

The Commission shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, in writing, on any agenda item and shall provide all interested parties an opportunity to present oral testimony on any agenda item subject to the conditions set forth in Section 16-99-83, HAR.  The Commission may remove any person or persons, who willfully disrupt a meeting to prevent and compromise the conduct of the meeting in accordance with Section 92-3, HRS.

b.         Introductions and Additional Distributions

c.         Minutes of Previous Meeting – January 26, 2024

 

4.         Committees and Program of Work

a.            Laws and Rules Review Committee

1)            Legislative and Government Participation Report

a)            HB 1814 HD1 – Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach the following subjects as they relate to condominiums: an ombudsman, licenses for management, alternate dispute resolution, governmental regulation, owner education, and owner access to documents. Appropriates funds. Extends the deadline for the final report and the cease date for the Condominium Property Regime Task Force to 6/30/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

b)            SB 2726 SD1 – Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on how certain other states approach the following subjects as they relate to condominiums: ombudsman programs, licensing for management, alternative dispute resolution, governmental regulation, owner education, and owner access to documents. Makes an appropriation. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. (SD1)

b.            Education Review Committee

1)         Continuing Education Administration, Curriculum, Courses, Provider, and Instructors

a)         Administrative Issues – Continuing Education Providers and Courses Ratification List

b)         Course – “Honesty and Competency in the Code of Ethics”; Author/Owner – Honolulu Board of REALTORS®; Provider – Honolulu Board of REALTORS®; Course Categories – Dispute Resolution; Clock Hours – 3

2)         Prelicensing Education Administration, Curriculum, Schools, Instructors – Administrative Issues – Prelicensing Education Schools and Instructors Ratification List

3)         Administration of Examinations

a)         Licensing Examination Statistics 1/1/24 – 1/31/24

b)         School Pass/Fail Rates 1/1/24 – 1/31/24

c)         School Summary by Test Category 1/1/24 – 1/31/24

4)         Instructor’s Development Workshops – REEA 2024

 

5.         Licensing and Registration – Ratification (see attached)

 

6.         Licensing – Applications

a.         Brian Robert Paris

b.         Jennifer Ann Renfro

c.         Laurent Rene Brian Zahnd

 

7.         Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Adjudicatory Matters

a.         In the Matter of the Real Estate Brokers’ Licenses of Kenneth M. Mucha dba Ken M. Mucha and Arrived LLC, dba Ahh!  Aloha Kauai Vacation Services; REC 2022-97-L; Settlement Agreement After  Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order

 

8.         Next Meeting:  Friday, March 22, 2024, 9:00 a.m.

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, First Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii

9.            Adjournment

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Miles Ino, Executive Officer, at (808) 586-2643 or at hirec@dcca.hawaii.gov, as soon as possible, preferably within two (2) business days of the meeting.  If a response is received after that date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.  Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy.