Wednesday, February 23, 2005

House Finance Committee Hearing

There is a hearing on Friday, February 25, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. in room 229 on some bills of interest to community associations before the House Finance Committee before chair Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine. The hearing notice discusses the following bills of interest to community associations:

HB 59 This bill would eliminate the repeal date for the provisions relating to family child care homes in condominium associations and community associations. In 1999, a law was adopted which permitted family child care homes in associations provided that certain protections for the associations were met. The 1999 law had a provision that the law would automatically lapse on June 30, 2005. The bill would eliminate the automatic repeal provision.

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