Bill Text: HI SB2044 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Energy Resources; Solar Energy Devices; Solar or Photovoltaic Shingles; Private Entities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - Referred to ENE, CPN. [SB2044 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2044-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to energy resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 196-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending subsection (a) to read:
"(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall be prevented by any covenant, declaration, bylaws, restriction, deed, lease, term, provision, condition, codicil, contract, or similar binding agreement, however worded, from installing a solar energy device on any single-family residential dwelling or townhouse that the person owns. Any provision in any lease, instrument, or contract contrary to the intent of this section, including any provision to prevent the installation of a solar energy device based on aesthetic reasons, shall be void and unenforceable."
2. By amending subsection (f) to read:
"(f) For the purposes of this section:
"Private entity" means any association of homeowners, community association, condominium association, cooperative, or any other non-governmental entity with covenants, bylaws, and administrative provisions with which the homeowner's compliance is required.
"Solar energy
device" means any identifiable facility, equipment, apparatus, or the
like, including a photovoltaic cell application[,] or solar or
photovoltaic shingles, that is applicable to a single-family residential
dwelling or townhouse and makes use of solar energy for heating, cooling, or
reducing the use of other types of energy dependent upon fossil fuel for
generation; provided that "solar energy device" shall not include
skylights or windows."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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Report Title:
Energy Resources; Solar Energy Devices; Solar or Photovoltaic Shingles; Private Entities
Description:
Specifies that an attempt by a private entity to prevent the installation of a solar energy device on a single-family residential dwelling or townhome based on aesthetic reasons is impermissible. Clarifies that solar energy devices include solar or photovoltaic shingles.
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