Bill Text: HI SB2994 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The State Building Code.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB2994 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2994-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the state building code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 107-24, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) The council shall adopt, amend, or update
codes and standards identified in section 107-25 on a staggered basis as
established by the council; provided that the adoption, amendment, or
update of a code or standard shall be within two years of [the] every other official
publication date of the code or standard, pursuant to chapter 92, and exempt
from the requirements of chapter 91. If
the council does not adopt a code or standard identified in section 107-25
within the two-year time period, that code or standard shall automatically
become part of the Hawaii state building code until superseded by the adoption
of an amended version of the code or standard by the council pursuant to this
subsection."
SECTION 2. Section 107-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) If a county does not amend the Hawaii state
building codes within the two-year time frame, the Hawaii state building codes
shall become applicable as an interim county building code[.] until
superseded by the adoption of an amended version of the Hawaii state building
codes or standards by the county pursuant to this section."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Hawaii State Building Code; Timeline; Publication Date; County Authority
Description:
Requires that the adoption, amendment, or update of a building code or standard by the State Building Code Council be within two years of every other official publication date of a code or standard. Clarifies that the Hawaii state building code acts as the interim county building code until superseded by the county.
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