STAND. COM. REP. NO. 169
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: H.B. No. 754
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 754 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to improve air quality by:
(1) Requiring a county to investigate and notify the Department of Health if a report is made regarding a possible nuisance involving air pollution;
(2) Clarifying air-polluting nuisances; and
(3) Explicitly authorizing the Director of Health to enter and investigate reports of air-polluting nuisances.
Your Committee notes that this measure makes no substantive change as to what constitutes air pollution; rather this measure only:
(1) Changes a county's reporting requirements to the Department of Health; and
(2) Allows the Director of Health to enter and investigate a building or place upon receipt of a complaint of foul or noxious odors, gases, or vapors emanating from the building or place.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 754, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 754, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Health.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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