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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to solar energy devices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 196-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Every private entity shall adopt rules by December 31, 2006, that provide for the placement of solar energy devices, and revise those rules as necessary by July 1, 2011. The rules shall facilitate the placement of solar energy devices and shall not impose conditions or restrictions that render the device more than twenty-five per cent less efficient or increase the cost of installation, maintenance, and removal of the device by more than fifteen per cent. Notwithstanding these conditions or restrictions, the rules shall consider the impact of the device's reflectivity on the surrounding area within feet of the device. No private entity shall assess or charge any homeowner any fees or require an encumbrance on title for the placement of any solar energy device."
SECTION 2. Section 196-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Every private
entity shall adopt rules by December 31, 2006, that provide for the
placement of solar energy devices, and revise those rules as necessary by July 1,
2011. The rules shall facilitate the placement of solar energy devices and
shall not impose conditions or restrictions that render the device more than
twenty-five per cent less efficient or increase the cost of installation,
maintenance, and removal of the device by more than fifteen per cent. Notwithstanding
these conditions or restrictions, the rules shall consider the impact of the
device's reflectivity on the surrounding area within feet of
the device. No private entity shall assess or charge any homeowner any
fees [or require an encumbrance on title] for the placement of any solar
energy device."
SECTION 3. Act 201, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act, except section 2, shall take
effect on July 1, 2012; provided that on June 30, 2015:
(1) Section 1 of this Act shall be repealed; and
(2) Section 2 of this Act shall take effect.
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Report Title:
Solar Energy Devices; Homeowners Associations
Description:
Requires that the rules of a private homeowners association or entity consider solar energy devices' reflectivity on the surrounding area when adopting rules that facilitate the placement of solar energy devices.
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