Bill Text: HI HB1273 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Solar Energy; Clotheslines
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1273 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1273-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Solar Energy; Clotheslines
Description:
Allows the use of clotheslines on any privately owned single-family residential dwelling or townhouse.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO eNERGY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 196-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending its title and subsection (a) to read:
"§196-7 Placement of solar energy
devices[.]; clotheslines. (a) Notwithstanding any law to
the contrary, no person shall be prevented by any covenant, declaration,
bylaws, restriction, deed, lease, term, provision, condition, codicil,
contract, or similar binding agreement, however worded, from installing a solar
energy device on any single-family residential dwelling or townhouse that the
person owns[.], or erecting and using a clothesline for the purpose
of drying clothes on the premises of any single-family residential dwelling or
townhouse that the person owns; provided that the board may implement
reasonable restrictions with regard to the placement of the clothesline so long
as the restrictions do not prohibit clotheslines altogether. Any provision
in any lease, instrument, or contract contrary to the intent of this section
shall be void and unenforceable."
2. By amending subsection (f) to read:
"(f) For the purposes of this section:
"Private entity" means any association of homeowners, community association, condominium association, cooperative, or any other non-governmental entity with covenants, bylaws, and administrative provisions with which the homeowner's compliance is required.
"Solar energy device" means any
identifiable facility, equipment, apparatus, or the like, [including a
photovoltaic cell application,] that is applicable to a single-family
residential dwelling or townhouse and makes use of solar energy for heating,
cooling, or reducing the use of other types of energy dependent upon fossil
fuel for generation[;], including but not limited to photovoltaic
cell applications and clotheslines; provided that for purposes of this section,
"clothesline" means a rope, cord, or wire on which laundry is hung to
dry; provided further that "solar energy device" shall not
include skylights or windows."
SECTION 2. Section 235-12.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) For the purposes of this section:
"Actual cost" means costs related to the renewable energy technology systems under subsection (a), including accessories and installation, but not including the cost of consumer incentive premiums unrelated to the operation of the system or offered with the sale of the system and costs for which another credit is claimed under this chapter.
"Renewable energy technology system" means a new system that captures and converts a renewable source of energy, such as wind, heat (solar thermal), or light (photovoltaic) from the sun into:
(1) A usable source of thermal or mechanical energy;
(2) Electricity; or
(3) Fuel[.];
provided that for purposes of this section, "renewable energy technology system" shall not include skylights, windows, or clotheslines.
"Solar or wind energy system" means
any identifiable facility, equipment, apparatus, or the like that converts
insolation or wind energy to useful thermal or electrical energy for heating,
cooling, or reducing the use of other types of energy that are dependent upon
fossil fuel for their generation[.]; provided that for purposes of
this section, "solar or wind energy system" shall not include
skylights, windows, or clotheslines."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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