Bill Text: HI HB1723 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Cesspools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2). [HB1723 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1723-Introduced.html
|
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1723 |
|
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
|
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 235-16.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:
"(h) This section shall not apply to taxable years
beginning after December 31, [2020.] 2025.
(i) As used in this section:
"Aerobic treatment unit system" means an individual wastewater system that consists of an aerobic treatment unit tank, aeration device, piping, and a discharge method that is in accordance with rules adopted by the department of health relating to household aerobic units.
"Cesspool" means an individual wastewater system consisting of an excavation in the ground whose depth is greater than its widest surface dimension, which receives untreated wastewater, and retains or is designed to retain the organic matter and solids discharged into it, but permits the liquid to seep through its bottom or sides to gain access to the underground geographic formation.
"Qualified cesspool" means a cesspool that is:
(1) [Certified by the department of health to
be:
(A) Located within:
(i) Five hundred feet of a shoreline, perennial
stream, or wetland; or
(ii) A
source water assessment program area (two year time of travel from a cesspool
to a public drinking water source);
(B) Shown to impact drinking water supplies or
recreational waters; or
(C)] A residential large capacity cesspool; or
(2) Certified by a county or private sewer company to be appropriate for connection to its existing sewer system.
"Qualified expenses" means costs that are necessary and directly incurred by the taxpayer for upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool into a septic system or an aerobic treatment unit system, or connecting a qualified cesspool to a sewer system, and that are certified as such by the appropriate government agency.
"Residential large capacity cesspool" means a cesspool that is connected to more than one residential dwelling.
"Septic system" means an individual wastewater system that typically consists of a septic tank, piping, and a drainage field where there is natural biological decontamination as wastewater discharged into the system is filtered through soil.
"Sewer system" means a system of piping, with appurtenances, for collecting and conveying wastewater from source to discharge following treatment.
"Wastewater" means any liquid waste, whether or not treated and whether animal, mineral, or vegetable, including agricultural, industrial, and thermal wastes."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval, and shall be repealed on December 31, 2025.
|
INTRODUCED BY: |
_____________________________ |
|
|
By Request |
Report Title:
Hawaii State Association of Counties (HSAC) Package; Income Tax Credit; Cesspool Upgrade, Conversion, or Connection
Description:
Extends tax credits for the upgrade, conversion, or connection of a qualified cesspool to a sewer system, and eliminates the geographical limitations for qualified cesspools.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
