REPORT TITLE:
Noise


DESCRIPTION:
Sets the sound levels permissible on agricultural parcels of five
acres or less at the same level set for lands categorized as
class B under department of health noise rules.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           979
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO NOISE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 342F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§342F-    Noise standards on agricultural parcels of five
 
 5 acres or less.  Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the
 
 6 maximum sound levels permissible on agricultural parcels of five
 
 7 acres or less as measured on any sound meter using the "A"
 
 8 weighting network shall be equivalent to the sound levels
 
 9 permitted on lands categorized as class B zoning districts under
 
10 the community noise control rules adopted by the department."
 
11      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
12      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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14                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________