Report Title:
Energy Resources
Description:
Requires expedited processing of an application for state and county permits for projects incorporating energy and environmental design building standards (leadership in energy and environmental design, LEED). Deems the application to be approved if no decision is made within 180 days of application.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ENERGY RESOURCES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 46-19.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§46-19.6[]] County
building permits; incorporation of energy and environmental design building
standards in project design; priority processing. (a) Each county agency
that issues building, construction, or development-related permits shall
establish a procedure for the priority processing of a permit application
submitted by a private entity for a construction project that incorporates
energy and environmental design building standards into its project design.
The permit processing procedure shall give priority to private sector permit
applicants at no additional cost to the applicant. Any priority permit
processing procedure established by a county pursuant to this section shall not
imply or provide that any permit application filed under the priority
processing procedure shall be automatically approved[.] except as
provided in subsection (b).
(b) For purposes of subsection (a), a permit for a new or existing facility or structure, that incorporates energy and environmental design building standards shall be deemed approved if within one hundred eighty days of the filing of the application, the county agency has not disapproved the application, notwithstanding section 91-13.5.
[(b)] (c) For the purposes of
this section:
"Energy and environmental design building standards" means the leadership in energy and environmental design silver or two green globes rating system or another comparable state‑approved, nationally recognized, and consensus‑based guideline, standard, or system.
"Private entity" means any permit applicant that is not the State, a county, the federal government, or any political subdivision thereof."
SECTION 2. Section 196-1.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§196-1.5 Priority
permitting process for renewable energy projects.[]] (a)
All agencies shall provide priority handling and processing for all state
permits required for renewable energy projects[.]; provided that a
permit for a new or existing facility or structure, that incorporates energy
and environmental design building standards shall be deemed approved if within
one hundred eighty days of the filing of the application, the agency has not disapproved
the application, notwithstanding section 91-13.5.
(b) For purposes of this section, "agencies" means any executive department, independent commission, board, bureau, office, or other establishment of the State, or any quasi-public institution that is supported in whole or in part by state funds."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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