Real Estate Commission Meeting

Date:

Friday, 02/28/2025

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

 

Date:               Friday, February 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 – January 24, 2025


 

4.         Committees and Program of Work

 

a.            Laws & Rules Review Committee

1)            Budget and Finance Report – Real Estate Recovery Fund, December 31, 2024

2)         Legislative and Government Participation Report

a)         Senate Bill No. 1212 Relating to the Real Estate Commission – 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.

                        i)          Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 26

b)         House Bill No. 1053 HD1 / SB 1372 Relating to Condominium Association’s Operating Budget – Permits condominium associations to borrow from or reallocate their reserve funds; provided that the loan is repaid within one year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

b.            Condominium Review Committee

1)            Budget and Finance Report – Condominium Education Trust Fund, December 31, 2024

2)         Owner-Occupant – Shirley Lee request for waiver of owner-occupant exemption pursuant to HRS 514B-98.5(b)(1)

 

c.             Education Review Committee

1)         Budget and Finance Report – Real Estate Education Fund, December 31,             2024

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

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

b)         Instructor’s Development Workshop (IDW) – Request for Quotes (RFQ) for the 2025-2026 biennium

c)         IDW – REEA 2025 course options for the 2025-2026 biennium

d)         Ad Hoc Committee on Education (ACE) Report – February 14, 2025

e)         Course – “Real Estate in the Digital Age: RWAs, Blockchain, NFTs, and Cryptocurrencies”; Author/Owner – Shari S. Motooka-Higa; Provider – Shari S. Motooka-Higa; Course Categories – Risk Management; Technology and the Licensee; Clock Hours – 3

3)         Administration of Examinations

                                    a)         Licensing Examination Statistics 1/1/25 – 1/31/25

                                    b)         School Pass/Fail Rates 1/1/25 – 1/31/25

                                    c)         School Summary by Test Category 1/1/25 – 1/31/25 

5.         Licensing and Registration – Ratification (see attached)

6.         Licensing – Applications

            a.         Porsche Sue Kimiko Nathaniel (Leopoldino)

            b.         Erminia T.P. Frias

            c.         Bryston Craig Likeke Louis

            d.         Luciano Gomez Orozco

7.         Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Adjudicatory Matters

a.           In the Matter of the Real Estate Salesperson’s License of Shelly K.I. Yamamura, also known as Shelley Yamamura, also known as Shelly Obata, also known as Shelly Teruya, also known as Shelly Constantino:  REC-2023-392-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order 

8.         Next Meeting:  Friday, March 28, 2025, 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.