Bill Text: HI SB94 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Building Plans; Approvals; Jurisdictional Authority

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB94 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB94-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 86

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 94

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 94 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING APPROVALS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that prior to commencement of construction on any new structure or new alteration or addition to any property or structure, or before any associated equipment, materials, installations, or procedures are expended, the plans and specifications for the work are required to be submitted to the proper jurisdictional authority responsible for enforcement of the applicable code or standard.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one state department and one county department.

 

     Your Committee finds that section 132-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which authorizes the appropriate county fire chief to approve plans and specifications of any building before work may commence, has not been updated for many years.  Your Committee further finds that the county building plan approval process differs from county to county and the State may also be involved in the approval process for buildings, equipment, materials, installations, or procedures.  This measure ensures that the appropriate department or office is authorized to approve building plans for all new construction, alterations, or additions to any building or structure located within the State, and to approve equipment, materials, installations, or procedures associated with the plans.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 94 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

		____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair