Bill Text: HI SB2131 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Energy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Referred to CPH. [SB2131 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2131-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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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 196-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(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 clothesline on any [single-family]
residential dwelling, apartment, condominium, or townhouse that the
person owns. Any provision in any lease,
instrument, or contract contrary to the intent of this section shall be void
and unenforceable.
(b)
Every private entity may adopt rules that reasonably restrict the
placement and use of clotheslines for the purpose of drying clothes on the
premises of any [single-family] residential dwelling, apartment,
condominium, or townhouse; provided that those restrictions do not prohibit
the use of clotheslines [altogether].
A reasonable restriction is any restriction that is necessary to
protect:
(1) Public health
and safety, including but not limited to ensuring safe access to and rapid
evacuation of buildings;
(2) Buildings from
damage;
(3) Historic or
aesthetic values, when an alternative of reasonably comparable cost and
convenience is available; or
(4) Shorelines
under shoreline setback provisions pursuant to section 205A-43.
No private entity shall assess or charge any homeowner any fees for the placement of any clothesline."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Household Energy Demand; Clotheslines; Reasonable Restrictions
Description:
Permits the installation of clotheslines in any residential dwelling, apartment, condominium, or townhouse, under certain conditions. Defines a reasonable restriction on the placement and use of clotheslines as any restriction that is necessary to protect public health and safety, buildings from damage, historic or aesthetic values, or shorelines under certain circumstances.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
