Real Estate Commission Meeting

Date:

Friday, 03/28/2025

Start Time:

09:00 AM

Place:

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room, 335 Merchant Street, 1st Floor, Honolulu, HI 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 (AMENDED)

 

Date:               Friday, March 28, 2025

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 Board 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, Correspondence and Additional Distributions

c.         Minutes of Previous Meeting – February 28, 2025




4.         Committees and Program of Work

 

a.            Laws & Rules Review Committee

1)            Legislative and Government Participation Report

a)            SCR 87, SR 70 / HCR 102, HR 98 – Strongly Urging the Real Estate Commission to Allow for the Administration of the Real Estate Salesperson’s Examination in the Japanese Language for Puporses of Issuing a Full Real Estate Salesperson’s License, Limited to the Sale Timeshare Products in Hawaii, to Promote the Sale of These Products to Japanese-Speaking Visitors and Enhance Japan’s Involvement in and Support of the Hawaii Tourism Industry.

b)            SCR 187, SR 168 – Requesting the Auditor to Conduct an Audit of the Real Estate Commission’s Oversight of Real Estate Management Entities Under Chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and Make Recommendations to Improve the Effectiveness of the Commission’s Oversight of Real Estate Management Entities and Related Issues.

c)            HCR 24, HR 23 – Requesting the Auditor to Conduct a Follow-Up Sunrise Review to Sunrise Analysis: Ccondominium Association Manager’s, Report No. 05-10, Which Analyzed The Regulation of Condominium Association Managers.

b.            Condominium Review Committee

1)            Consumer Education

a)            2025 Hawaii Buildings, Facilities, & Property Management Expo Report – March 5–6, 2025

b)         DCCA 2025 Consumer Protection Week Fair Report – March 6, 2025

2)         Owner-Occupant – Shirley Lee request for exemption of owner-occupant requirement pursuant to HRS 514B-98.5(b)(4)

3)         Condominium Education Outreach – Condorama XIV, April 19, 2025

c.             Education Review Committee

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

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

                        2)         Prelicensing Education Administration, Curriculum, Schools, and Instructors

a)         Administrative Issues – Prelicensing Education Schools and Instructors Ratification List

b)         Application – Prelicense Education School – The Real Estate Café; Principal – Savannah Lighty; Salesperson and Broker Curriculum – Live-Webinar and Online-Independent (Self-paced)

3)         Administration of Examinations

                                    a)         Licensing Examination Statistics 2/1/25 – 2/28/25

                                    b)         School Pass/Fail Rates 2/1/25 – 2/28/25

                                    c)         School Summary by Test Category 2/1/25 – 2/28/25

                        4)         Program of Work, FY24-FY25

                                    a)         Technology and Website – Change Form – Real Estate –

                                                Express Change Broker

                        5)         Program of Work, FY26 – Annual Report, Quarterly Bulletin, and School Files

a)            Option to Extend – Real Estate Bulletin printing and mailing contract



5.         Licensing and Registration – Ratification (see attached)

6.         Licensing – Applications

            a.         Tangee Renee Lazarus

b.         Fredrick Richard Lukanchoff, Jr.

c.         Esta Mae Banks

7.         Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Adjudicatory Matters

a.      In the Matter of the Real Estate Salesperson’s License of Kyle S. Doran:  REC 2025-27-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order

b.      In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker’s License of Certified Management, Inc., dba Associa Hawaii:  REC-2023-107-L; Commission’s Final Order

8.         Real Estate Recovery Fund

            a.     Mihoko Kanematsu v. Annie K. Moenahele; Realty Advantage Hawaii LLC; Settlement of Recovery Fund Claim

 

9.         Next Meeting:  Friday, April 25, 2025, 9:00 a.m.

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, First Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii

10.       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.