Bill Text: HI SB3006 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Building Codes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-23 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). [SB3006 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB3006-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO BUILDING CODES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Building codes are standards or procedures developed by standards organizations and adopted into law and enforced by state and local governments. These building codes standardize the practices of the building industry and provide minimum standards for the protection of public health and safety. The Hawaii state building codes apply to all construction in the State and are based on the state fire code, the Uniform Plumbing Code, the International Building Code, the International Residential Code, the International Energy Conservation Code, the National Electrical Code, the Hawaii design standards, and other code provisions based on nationally published codes or standards.
The legislature finds that while building codes address public health and safety and environmental concerns, building codes must also address cost efficiencies and investment value in construction. Due to the high costs of construction and the State's and counties' general policies of providing more affordable housing in transit-oriented development areas and other areas, the legislature believes that enforcement and application of the building codes need to include considerations of changing technologies, improved materials and methods, and improved approaches to protecting public health and safety to meet the needs of communities statewide. To facilitate the construction of affordable public and private projects in the State, the legislature believes that it would benefit the State to find the most efficient way to lower building costs, while still ensuring that public health and safety are protected.
The purpose of this Act is to provide greater flexibility to the State in the use and application of Hawaii state building codes.
SECTION 2. Section 107-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§107-25 Hawaii state building codes; requirements. (a) There is established the Hawaii state building codes applicable to all construction in the State of Hawaii. The Hawaii state building codes shall be based upon:
(1) The state fire code as adopted by the state fire council;
(2) The Uniform Plumbing Code, as copyrighted and published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, including its appendices;
(3) The International Building Code, the International Residential Code, and the International Energy Conservation Code, as published by the International Code Council;
(4) The National Electrical Code, as published by the National Fire Protection Association;
(5) Hawaii design
standards implementing the criteria pursuant to Act 5, Special Session Laws of
Hawaii[,] 2005, as applicable to:
(A) Emergency shelters built to comply with hurricane resistant criteria, including enhanced hurricane protection areas capable of withstanding a five hundred-year hurricane event as well as other storms and natural hazards; and
(B) Essential government facilities requiring continuity of operations; and
(6) Code provisions based on nationally published codes or standards that include but are not limited to residential and hurricane resistant standards related to loss mitigation standards in accordance with section 431P-12, elevator, mechanical, flood and tsunami, existing buildings, and onsite sewage disposal.
(1) The
alternative code shall be more cost effective than the applicable code of trade
or area of construction specified in subsection (a);
(2) The
prescriptive design of the alternative code shall be used; provided that it does
not negatively affect the performance of the project or public safety and
health;
(3) The
alternative code shall be approved and adopted by the state building code council;
and
(4) The
alternative code corresponds to an applicable code of trade or area of
construction provided for in paragraphs (a)(2)-(4).
No county shall deny a permit for construction or alteration to facilities for any state project that uses an alternative code pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding the provisions of any alternative code, the same standard of care applicable to the design and construction services procured for state facilities shall apply to any project using an alternative code under this subsection."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
State Building Codes; Alternative Codes
Description:
Allows
state projects to be designed and constructed using an alternative code that is
the most cost effective for a project, subject to certain conditions, including
protection of public health and safety. Effective
7/1/2050. (SD2)
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
