Hawaii Senate Bill 2952

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-12 - Re-Referred to AEN/HHS/GVO, WAM.
Pending: Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires each county to develop and maintain a wastewater management plan. Specifies the requirements of the wastewater management plan. Authorizes the Director of Health to exempt a county from creating a wastewater management plan if the county has an existing plan that substantially meets certain requirements. Requires the counties to identify specific priority areas in which the county sewerage system or other centralized treatment system will be expanded or constructed to reduce or eliminate cesspools before 1/1/2050. Provides for the designation of these priority areas as sewer improvement districts. Authorizes each county to assess a monthly cesspool pollution fee beginning in 7/1/2025 on real properties containing a cesspool. Authorizes the counties to use fee revenues for certain activities that eliminate, reduce, or mitigate the impacts of cesspools, including the expansion of county sewerage systems and the issuance of grants and lowinterest loans to property owners. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Makes appropriations.

Relating To Wastewater.

Sen. Ronald Kouchi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-12	Senate	Re-Referred to AEN/HHS/GVO, WAM.
2024-01-24	Senate	Referred to PSM/AEN/HHS, WAM.
2024-01-24	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2024-01-24	Senate	Introduced.

HB2743 (Same As) 2024-05-02 - Transmitted to Governor.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2952&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2952_.HTM