Bill Text: HI SB774 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 774 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To The Hawaii Emergency Planning And Community Right-to-know Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB774 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SB774-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	774
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO the HAWAII EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT.

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

SECTION 1. In fiscal year 2014-2015, eight hundred eighty-nine total facilities (civilian and military) paid $68,300 in filing fees pursuant to section 128E-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires that the owner or operator of a facility in the State that stores, uses, or manufactures any hazardous substance to report certain information to the department of health. These moneys are collected pursuant to section 128E-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and are deposited in the state treasury and accrue to the credit of the environmental response revolving fund.

These filing fees are used by the county local emergency planning committees to conduct joint emergency planning response training, to purchase specialized equipment, and for hazardous materials emergency preparedness activities. As operational and equipment costs have risen over the years it is necessary to increase the fee to maintain the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of county first responders that respond to hazardous materials incidents statewide.

The purpose of this Act is to increase the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act tier II filing fee from $100 to $200.

SECTION 2. Section 128E-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§128E-9 Filing fees. Facilities that are required to report according to section 128E-6(a)(2), shall remit [~~$100~~] $200 with each submission of chemical inventory forms or Tier II forms to the commission by March 1 of each year. All moneys collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and accrue to the credit of the environmental response revolving fund established in section 128D-2."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act; Tier II Fee Increase

Description:

Increases the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act tier II filing fee from $100 to $200 to provide needed preparedness resources to local area planning committees.

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