(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, an association, by a resolution adopted by the board, may at any time restate the association documents of the association to include amendments to the association documents.

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 421J-7.5

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Association: means a nonprofit, incorporated, or unincorporated organization:

    (1) Upon which responsibilities are imposed and to which authority is granted in a declaration that governs a planned community;

    (2) That is a planned community association as defined under section 607-14; or

    (3) That is a homeowners' association, in which:

    (A) The voting membership is made up of ten or more parcel owners or their proxies, or a combination thereof; and

    (B) Assessments may be imposed that, if unpaid, may become a lien on the parcel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421J-2

  • Association documents: means the articles of incorporation or other document creating the association, if any, the bylaws of the association, the declaration or similar organizational documents and any exhibits thereto, any rules related to use of common areas, architectural control, maintenance of units, restrictions on the use of units, or payment of money as a regular assessment or otherwise in connection with the provisions, maintenance, or services for the benefit of some or all of the units, the owners, or occupants of the units or the common areas, as well as any amendments made to the foregoing documents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421J-2
  • board: means the executive board or other body, regardless of name, designated in the association documents to act on behalf of the association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421J-2
  • Recorded: means recorded or filed in the bureau of conveyances of the State or in the office of the assistant registrar of the land court of the State, as appropriate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421J-2
(b) An association, by a resolution adopted by the board, may at any time, restate the association documents of the association to amend the association documents as necessary to conform with this chapter or any other applicable law, ordinance, or rule; provided that any association documents restated pursuant to this section shall:

(1) Identify each portion so restated;
(2) Contain a statement that those portions have been restated solely for purposes of information and convenience;
(3) Identify the law, ordinance, or rule implemented by the amendment; and
(4) Contain a statement that, in the event of any conflict, the restated association documents shall be subordinate to the cited law, ordinance, or rule.

The restated association documents shall be effective for all purposes as if adopted by a vote or written consent of the members.

(c) Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), the restated association documents shall state all of the operative provisions of the original association documents, together with a statement that the restated association documents correctly state the corresponding provisions of the association documents, and that the restated association documents supersede the original association documents and any relative amendments.
(d) A restated association document shall be recorded if the original document was recorded and the restated association documents shall supersede the original association documents and any relative amendments. In the event of any conflict, the restated association documents shall be subordinate to the original association documents and any relative amendments.