REPORT TITLE:
Solar


DESCRIPTION:
Allows solar devices to be sited for optimal efficiency,
including a townhouse roof that may be a common area within a
condominium property regime.  (SD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 196-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person
 
 4 shall be prevented by any covenant, term, provision, condition,
 
 5 codicil, or contract, however worded, from installing and siting
 
 6 a solar energy device for optimal efficiency on any single-family
 
 7 residential dwelling or townhouse that the person owns[.],
 
 8 including the townhouse roof that may be a common area within a
 
 9 condominium property regime.  Any provision in any lease,
 
10 instrument, or contract contrary to the intent of this section
 
11 shall be void."
 
12      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
13 New statutory material is underscored.
 
14      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.