STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2544

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2356

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2356, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEAF BLOWERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to reduce noise and air pollution by:

 

     (1)  Prohibiting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers;

 

     (2)  Establishing restrictions and requirements for the use of leaf blowers on or near residential zones; and

 

     (3)  Prohibiting leaf blowers from blowing debris onto adjacent property without permission from the adjacent property owner.

 

     Your Committee finds that that the health risks associated with the use of leaf blowers requires stricter limitations on their use.  In addition, electric leaf blowers are dramatically quieter than gas-powered leaf blowers, and prohibiting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers will reduce the risks associated with noise pollution.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2356, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2356, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair