Bill Text: HI SB1504 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 1504 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Highway Lighting; Shielded Light Fixtures

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB1504 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB1504-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1504
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to highwayS.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 264, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§264- Highway lighting; shielded lighting fixtures required. (a) Effective January 1, 2012, no lighting fixture shall be installed on any public highway unless the lighting fixture is fully shielded or partially shielded.

(b) This section shall not apply to any lighting fixture that is:

(1) Planned and approved by the appropriate government authority; or

(2) Existing and legally installed,

prior to January 1, 2012; provided that any lighting fixture exempt under this subsection that subsequently becomes inoperable shall be replaced with a fully shielded or partially shielded lighting fixture.

"Fully shielded" means the lighting fixture is constructed so that all of the light emitted by the fixture is projected below the horizontal plane of the lowest point of the fixture.

"Lighting fixture" means any outdoor artificial lighting device, fixture, lamp, or other similar device that is intended to provide illumination for visibility.

"Partially shielded" means the lighting fixture is constructed so that at least ninety per cent of the light emitted by the fixture is projected below the horizontal plane of the lowest point of the fixture."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

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

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Highway Lighting; Shielded Light Fixtures

Description:

Requires, effective 1/1/12, that all new lighting fixtures installed on public highways to be fully or partially shielded, to minimize glare and light pollution.

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