HI SB92

Requires mandatory mediation for disputes between condominium owners and associations involving interpretation or enforcement of declarations, bylaws, house rules, or Part VI of Chapter 514B.

Exempts from mandatory mediation: assessment collection matters, actions seeking equitable relief for property damage or safety threats, personal injury claims, and actions over $2,500 where mediation would prejudice insurance coverage.

Establishes mediation procedures requiring parties to agree to mediate within 30 days of written demand and to meet with a mediator within 60 days, with failure to comply subject to consideration in attorney's fees awards.

Each party bears its own mediation costs unless parties agree otherwise in writing, and mediation must occur in the county where the condominium is located.

Allows disputes unresolved by mediation to proceed to arbitration or administrative hearing through the office of administrative hearings, with judicial review available under existing law.