REPORT TITLE:
Schools; Civil Defense Shelter


DESCRIPTION:
Requires all new school buildings to be built in accordance with
hurricane resistant shelter criteria adopted by the adjutant
general.  Requires the adjutant general to adopt hurricane
resistant shelter criteria to regulate the planning, design,
construction, and equipping of all new public school buildings.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 127, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§127-    Adoption of hurricane resistant shelter criteria;
 
 5 construction of new public school buildings.  (a)  The adjutant
 
 6 general shall adopt hurricane resistant shelter criteria in
 
 7 accordance with chapter 91 to regulate the planning, design,
 
 8 construction, and equipping of all new public school buildings
 
 9 built after June 30, 2000.
 
10      (b)  The hurricane resistant shelter criteria established by
 
11 the adjutant general on July 29, 1997, shall apply to the
 
12 planning, design, construction, and equipping of all new public
 
13 school buildings built before July 1, 2000."
 
14      SECTION 2.  Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
15 amended by adding a new section to part VI to be appropriately
 
16 designated and to read as follows:
 
17      "§302A-    Construction of new school buildings; conformance
 
18 with hurricane resistant shelter criteria.  (a)  All new school
 
19 buildings planned, designed, constructed, and equipped after
 

 
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 1 June 30, 2000, shall be built in accordance with hurricane
 
 2 resistant shelter criteria adopted by the adjutant general
 
 3 pursuant to section 127-   .
 
 4      (b)  To the maximum extent feasible, all new school
 
 5 buildings planned, designed, constructed, and equipped before
 
 6 July 1, 2000, shall be built in accordance with hurricane
 
 7 resistant shelter criteria established by the adjutant general on
 
 8 July 29, 1997."
 
 9      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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