Bill Text: HI SB2783 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-10 - Act 127, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1228). [SB2783 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2783-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Public Housing; State Low-income Housing; Elder or Elderly Housing; Smoking Prohibited
Description:
Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects and state low-income housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and in and around elder or elderly housing.
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