Bill Text: HI SB2397 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Counties; Automatic Fire Sprinklers; Residences

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-27 - (S) Act 083, 4/26/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1184). [SB2397 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2397-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2397
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to fire sprinklers.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§46‑    Fire sprinklers; residences.  No county shall require the installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers or an automatic fire sprinkler system in any new or existing detached one- or two-family dwelling unit in a structure used only for residential purposes."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

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

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Counties; Automatic Fire Sprinklers; Residences

 

Description:

Prohibits counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in new or existing one- or two‑family dwelling units used only for residential purposes.

 

 

 

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