SB 2396: DCCA; OCP; REGISTRY OF AGENTS; ABSENTEE OWNERS AND LANDLORDS; PENALTIES; CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS

Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish and maintain a Registry of Agents designated to manage a property on behalf of an absentee owner or landlord, which shall be available for public access on the Office of Consumer Protection's website.  Requires an absentee owner or landlord to register any agents managing a property on their behalf with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  Prohibits an absentee owner or landlord from designating a tenant as an agent.  Establishes penalties for an absentee owner or landlord that fails to register an agent with the DCCA or fails to designate an agent.  Requires member owners of a condominium association who live outside the State or on another island of the State from where the unit is located to provide the association's board with the contact information of a designated on-island agent for the unit, which shall be included on the address list maintained by the association.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)