STAND. COM. REP. NO.  333-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1854

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1854 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NUISANCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety by designating odors, filth, and the infestation of rodents or pests that result from the storage of personal property that is not maintained or kept in good order as a nuisance for nuisance abatement purposes.

 

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health testified in opposition to this measure.  The Representative of House District 23 commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the Department of Health shall only invoke its authority to abate, destroy, remove, or prevent the nuisance if the person whose personal property is the cause of the nuisance:

 

          (A)  Has been subject to administrative fines totaling $10,000 or more for the nuisance in a ten-year period; and

 

          (B)  Has not substantially remediated the nuisance within six months of the most recent administrative fine issued by the State or county;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1854, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1854, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair