| Measure Title: | RELATING TO NOISE. |
| Report Title: | Noise; Leaf Blowers Not Compliant With Standards; Buyback Program; Penalties |
| Description: | Prohibits leaf blower manufacturers from causing to be sold in the State leaf blowers whose sound levels have not been tested and lowered under standards of the American National Standards Institute. Appropriates funds for the director of health to establish a buyback program for noncompliant models of leaf blowers. Expands unreasonable noise category of the crime of disorderly conduct to include noise from motorized apparatus. |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | FOX, SHIMABUKURO, MARUMOTO, CHING, FINNEGAN, LEONG, BLUNDELL, THIELEN, TAKAI, PENDLETON, Moses, Halford, Lee, Waters, Arakaki, Morita, Kahikina, Souki, Nishimoto, Stonebraker, Sonson, Kanoho |
| Current Referral: | EEP, JUD, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/28/2004 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading |
| 2/2/2004 | H | Referred to EEP, JUD, referral sheet 6 |
| 2/6/2004 | H | Re-referred to EEP, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 10. |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment