Report Title:

State Building Code; Toilet Facilities

 

Description:

Prohibits counties from reducing the required number of toilet facilities for public use in commercial spaces intended for public use.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2853

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 107-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§107-28[]]  County building code authority to amend the state model building code without state approval.  (a)  The governing body of each county shall amend the state building code as it applies within its respective jurisdiction, in accordance with section 46-1.5(13), without approval of the council[.]; provided that no amendment shall reduce the number of public toilet facilities available for use by employees, customers, patrons, and visitors in structures and tenant spaces intended for public utilization below the number required by the Uniform Plumbing Code.  Each county shall use the model codes and standards listed in section 107‑25, as the referenced model building codes and standards for its respective county building code ordinance, no later than two years after the adoption of the state building code.

     (b)  If a county does not amend the statewide model code within the two-year timeframe, the state building code shall become applicable as an interim county building code until the county adopts the amendments."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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