Bill Text: HI SB2503 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Individual Wastewater Systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-16 - This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Tuesday 03-17-20 2:00PM in conference room 329. [SB2503 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2503-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the department of health and department of business, economic development, and tourism receive approximately $1,100,000 in annual federal grants through the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990. The legislature further finds that this funding is contingent on the State taking measures to address and minimize polluted runoff, including runoff from on-site sewage facilities.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to minimize the polluted runoff created by failing individual wastewater systems in the State by establishing a program to oversee the inspection and repair of individual wastewater systems at the time of an attached property's transfer or sale.
SECTION 2. Chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§342D- Time of transfer individual wastewater system inspection program. (a) There is established within the department the time of transfer individual wastewater system inspection program to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of sale or transfer of ownership of a property that is attached to the individual wastewater system.
(b) This
section shall not apply to:
(1) A transfer between joint tenants or tenants in common;
(2) A transfer made
to a spouse, child, or parent; or
(3) A transfer made
between spouses resulting from a decree of dissolution of marriage, a decree of
legal separation, or a property settlement agreement that is incidental to the
decree.
(c) Following an inspection, the inspection form
and any related reports shall be provided to the department.
(d) If an
individual wastewater system fails inspection, the system shall be renovated
within one year either by the current property owner or by the prospective
property owner with written agreement, to meet current construction standards
as adopted by the department.
(e) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 91 to implement this section.
(f)
As used in this section, "individual wastewater system" means
facilities, such as septic systems, aerobic treatment units, and cesspools,
that are not connected to a sewer and are used and designed to dispose of:
(1) No more than
one thousand gallons per day of domestic wastewater; or
(2) Greater than
one thousand gallons per day of domestic wastewater from buildings having
highly variable flows."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Environmental Management Division of Department of Health; Time of Transfer Individual Wastewater System Inspection Program
Description:
Establishes the time of transfer individual wastewater system inspection program to oversee the inspection and repair of any individual wastewater system at the time of the property's sale or transfer. Excludes certain sales or transfers. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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