HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2243

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to fire sprinklers.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012[; provided that on June 30, 2017, this Act shall be repealed]."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Fire Sprinklers; Residences; Agricultural and Aquacultural Structures; Sunset Date Repeal

 

Description:

Removes the sunset date of Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, thereby making permanent the prohibition on the counties from requiring the installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers or automatic fire sprinkler systems in new and existing detached one-or two-family dwelling units in residential structures and non-residential agricultural and aquacultural structures outside an urban area, with an exception for certain new homes.

 

 

 

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