THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2423 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the hawaii public housing authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 356D-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) Smoking shall be prohibited in any public
housing project, elder or elderly [household,] housing, as
defined in section 356D-1, or state low-income housing project, as defined in
section 356D-51, within:
(1) Each individual housing unit;
(2) All common areas;
(3) Community facilities; and
(4) [Twenty] Twenty-five feet from
each individual building and each administrative office building of the
public housing project, elder or elderly housing, or state low-income
housing project, and from any entrance, exit, window, and ventilation intake
that serves an enclosed or partially enclosed area.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the authority
may designate one or more permissible smoking areas at least [twenty] twenty-five
feet away from any residential or other building, or any greater distance away
as may ensure that the secondhand smoke does not infiltrate any dwelling unit[.]
or office."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Public Housing; State Low-income Housing; Elder or Elderly Housing; Expansion of Smoking Prohibition
Description:
Expands and clarifies the no smoking radius around public housing projects, elder or elderly housing, and state low-income housing projects to twenty-five feet from each individual and each administrative office building of the public housing project, state low-income housing project, and elder or elderly housing under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
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