Bill Text: HI SB2322 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Water Quality.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-04-26 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-24 4:25 PM; CR 329. [SB2322 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2322-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO WATER QUALITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) The department of health shall:
(1) Require the clean water branch of its environmental management division to continue sampling of Tier 1 beaches as part of the Hawaii beach monitoring program during brown water advisories, following their regular beach sampling schedule; provided that supplies and staff are available for sample collection and analysis and that no sample shall be collected by clean water branch personnel until hazardous conditions at affected beaches have subsided; and
(2) Adopt or amend its administrative rules in accordance with chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as necessary to implement this subsection.
(b) As used in this Act, "hazardous conditions" means an event or condition of the physical environment that:
(1) Results or may likely result in injuries or death to individuals; and
(2) May result in an emergency or disaster.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
Report Title:
DOH; Environmental Management Division; Clean Water Branch; Water Quality; Water Sampling; Tier 1 Beaches; Hazardous Conditions
Description:
Requires the Department of Health to continue water sampling and analysis of Tier 1 beaches during brown water advisories, with certain exceptions and under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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