Bill Text: HI SB1261 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Cesspools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB1261 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB1261-Introduced.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to cesspools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 235-16.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (i) to read as follows:
"(i) As used in this section:
"Aerobic treatment unit system" means an individual wastewater system that consists of an aerobic treatment unit tank, aeration device, piping, and a discharge method that is in accordance with rules adopted by the department of health relating to household aerobic units.
"Cesspool" means an individual wastewater system consisting of an excavation in the ground whose depth is greater than its widest surface dimension, which receives untreated wastewater, and retains or is designed to retain the organic matter and solids discharged into it, but permits the liquid to seep through its bottom or sides to gain access to the underground geographic formation.
"Qualified cesspool" means a cesspool that is certified by the department of health as being:
(1) Located within:
(A) Two hundred feet of a shoreline, perennial stream, or wetland; or
(B) A source water assessment program area (two year time of travel from a cesspool to a public drinking water source); or
(2) A residential large capacity cesspool.
"Qualified expenses" means costs that
are necessary and directly incurred by the taxpayer for upgrading or converting
a qualified cesspool into a septic system [or], an aerobic treatment
unit system, or a wastewater system that includes a composting toilet, or
connecting a qualified cesspool to a sewer system, and that are certified as
such by the appropriate government agency.
"Residential large capacity cesspool" means a cesspool that is connected to more than one residential dwelling.
"Septic system" means an individual wastewater system that typically consists of a septic tank, piping, and a drainage field where there is natural biological decontamination as wastewater discharged into the system is filtered through soil.
"Sewer system" means a system of piping, with appurtenances, for collecting and conveying wastewater from source to discharge following treatment.
"Wastewater" means any liquid waste, whether or not treated and whether animal, mineral, or vegetable, including agricultural, industrial, and thermal wastes."
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.
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Report Title:
Income Tax Credit; Cesspool Upgrade, Conversion, or Connection
Description:
Allows the tax credit for cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection for taxpayers who upgrade a qualified cesspool to a wastewater system that includes a composting toilet.
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