Bill Text: HI SB1115 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Building Design Review, Disabilities and Communication Access Board
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-07 - Act 045, on 5/6/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). [SB1115 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB1115-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 103-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
"(h) For the purposes of this section:
"Infrastructure" or "infrastructure project" includes water, drainage, sewer, waste disposal and waste treatment systems, roads, and street lighting and projects relating to that infrastructure. Projects with significant work to accessible elements and spaces shall not be considered infrastructure projects.
"Public buildings, facilities, and sites" means buildings, facilities, sites, and the infrastructure thereof that:
(1) Are designed, constructed, purchased, or leased with the use of any state or county funds or federal funds administered by the State or a county;
(2) House state or county programs, services, or activities
that are intended to be accessed by the general public; [or]
(3) Are places of public accommodation or
commercial facilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, title 28 Code
of Federal Regulations part 36, and are constructed on state or county
lands [or lands that will be transferred to the State or a county.];
or
(4) Are constructed on lands that will be transferred to the State or a county upon completion of construction."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Building Design Review, Disabilities and Communication Access Board
Description:
Clarifies that construction projects on state or county land are subject to review by the Disabilities and Communication Access Board for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act only if they are places of public accommodation or commercial facilities. (SB1115 HD1)
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