Real Estate Commission Meeting

Date:

Friday, 07/21/2023

Start Time:

09:00 AM

Place:

Virtual Videoconference Meeting: Zoom Webinar and In-Person: Real Estate Branch, King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, Room 333, 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

Date:                        July 21, 2023

Time:                        9:00 a.m.

Virtual Location:       Virtual Videoconference Meeting – Zoom Webinar (link below)

          https://dcca-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/87072658360

          Phone: 1 669 900 6833

          Webinar ID: 870 7265 8360

 

Physical Location:    Real Estate Branch

                                 King Kalakaua Building

                                 335 Merchant Street, Room 333

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii

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

 In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting the health and safety of the community is of utmost concern. If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please email your testimony to hirec@dcca.hawaii.gov or submit by hard copy mail to: Attn: Real Estate Commission, 335 Merchant Street, Room 333, Honolulu, Hawaii 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.

 INTERNET ACCESS:

To view the meeting and provide live oral testimony during the meeting, please use the above link. You will be asked to enter your name in order to access the meeting as an attendee. The Commission requests that you enter your full name, but you may use a pseudonym or other identifier if you wish to remain anonymous. You will also be asked for an email address. You may fill in this field with any entry in an email format, e.g., *****@***mail.com.

 As an attendee, your microphone will be automatically muted by Commission staff during the meeting unless you are providing testimony. For each agenda item you wish to testify on, please click the Raise Hand button found on your Zoom screen. The Chair will individually enable each testifier to unmute their microphone. When recognized by the Chair, please unmute your microphone before speaking and mute your microphone after you finish speaking in order to prevent audio feedback.

 PHONE ACCESS:

 If you cannot get internet access, you may get audio-only access by calling the Zoom Phone

Number listed at the top on the agenda.Upon dialing the number, you will be prompted to enter the Meeting ID which is also listed at the top of the agenda. After entering the Meeting ID, you will be asked to either enter your panelist number or wait to be admitted into the meeting. You will not have a panelist number. So, please wait until you are admitted into the meeting.

When the Chairperson asks for public testimony, you may indicate you want to testify by entering “*” and then “9” on your phone’s keypad. After entering “*” and then “9”, a voice prompt will let you know that the host of the meeting has been notified. When recognized by the Chairperson, you may unmute yourself by pressing “*” and then “6” on your phone. A voice prompt will let you know that you are unmuted. Once you are finished speaking, please enter “*” and then “6” again to mute yourself.

For both internet and phone access, when testifying, you will be asked to identify yourself and the organization, if any, that you represent. Each testifier will be limited to five minutes of testimony per agenda item

If connection to the meeting is lost for more than 30 minutes, the meeting will be continued on a specified date and time. This information will be provided on the Commission’s website at www.hawaii.gov/hirec.

Instructions to attend State of Hawaii virtual board meetings may be found online at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/files/2020/08/State-of-Hawaii-Virtual-Board-Attendee-Instructions.pdf

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

 

4.         Licensing and Registration – Ratification

 

5.         Committees and Program of Work

a.            Laws and Rules Review Committee

1)         Report on the Annual Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO) 2023 Mid-Year Meeting

b.         Condominium Review Committee

            1)         Condominium Education Outreach – Honolulu Board of REALTORS® Summer General Membership Meeting on June 23, 2023

            2)         Ad Hoc Committee on Condominium Association and Board Education –   July 7, 2023 Meeting Report

             3)         Program of Work, FY24 – Legislative Acts and Resolutions

                        a)         ACT 149 Related to Board Members – Requires the Real Estate Commission to develop a curriculum for leadership training to be made available to board                         members of a condominium association and submit a progress report to the legislature

                        b)         ACT 189 Relating to Common-Interest Developments – Establishes a Planned Association Oversight Task Force to examine the rights afforded to owners                            in condominium property regimes and determine the feasibility of extending any of those rights to members of planned community associations.                                            Establishes a Condominium Property Regime Task Force to examine and evaluate issues regarding condominium property regimes and conduct an                                      assessment of the alternative dispute resolution systems that have been established by the Legislature. Requires interim and final reports to the                                            Legislature. Task forces sunset June 30, 2025.

c.         Education Review Committee

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

                        a)         Course – “AI & ChatGPT in Real Estate”; Author/Owner – Shari Motooka-Higa; Provider – Shari Motooka-Higa; Course Categories – Risk Management;                            Technology and the Licensee; Other: Ethicality of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChapGPT; Clock Hours – 4

                        b)        Course – “A Practical Overview of the IRC 1031 Tax Deferred Exhange”; Author/Owner – Julie Bratton, Old Republic Exchange Company; Provider – Abe                         Lee Seminars; Course Categories – Investment; Other: 1031 Exchanges; Clock Hours – 3

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

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

3)         Remote Proctoring Statistics 6/1/23 – 6/30/23                      

 

6.         Licensing – Applications

            a.         Brian K Evans

            b.         Rowena Marie Remobles Kapeliela

            c.         Lia Cherie Oller

            d.         Sheri Emiko Yamasaki

           

7.         Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statues, Adjudicatory Matters

            a.         In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker’s License of Steven D. Weeks; REC-2019-222-L; Hearing Officer’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and                                             Recommended Order and Commission’s Final Order

            b.        In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker License of Hawaiian Properties, Ltd.; REC 2022-435-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing Petition for Disciplinary Action and                Commission’s Final Order

            c.         In the Matter of the Real Estate License of Keoki Osorio; REC 2022-55-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s                      Final Order

             d.        In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker License of Terry P. Kamen; REC 2022-201-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing Petition for Disciplinary Action and                               Commission’s Final Order

 

8.         Next Meeting:  August 25, 2023

 

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 by July 19, 2023. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.