Bill Text: HI SB2579 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Bottle Filling Stations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2579 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2579-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2579 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to bottle filling stations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 107-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§107-27 Design of state buildings. (a) No later than one year after the adoption of codes or standards pursuant to section 107-24(c), the design of all state building construction shall be in compliance with the Hawaii state building codes, except state building construction shall be allowed to be exempted from:
(1) County codes that have not adopted the Hawaii state building codes;
(2) Any county code amendments that are inconsistent with the minimum performance objectives of the Hawaii state building codes or the objectives enumerated in this part; or
(3) Any county code amendments that are contrary to code amendments adopted by another county.
(b) Exemptions shall include county ordinances allowing the exercise of indigenous Hawaiian architecture adopted in accordance with section 46-1.55.
(c) The State shall consider hurricane resistant criteria when designing and constructing new public schools for the capability of providing shelter refuge.
(d) Beginning July 1, 2023, where feasible and cost-effective, the design of all new state building construction shall:
(1) Maximize energy and water efficiency measures;
(2) Maximize energy generation potential; and
(3) Use building materials that reduce the carbon footprint of the project.
(e) Beginning July 1, 2025, for any new state
building construction where a drinking fountain is required, there shall also
be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking
fountain.
(f) As used in this section, "bottle filling
station" means a plumbing fixture connected to the potable water
distribution system and sanitary drainage system that is designed and intended
for filling personal use drinking water bottles or containers at least ten
inches in height. A "bottle filling
station" may be separate from or integral to a drinking fountain and may
incorporate a water filter and a cooling system for chilling the drinking
water."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Bottle Filling Station; State Buildings; Construction; Plumbing
Description:
Requires that all newly constructed state buildings where a water fountain is required are to include a water bottle filling station.
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