STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2121
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2581
S.D. 1
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2581 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Modify the composition, quorum requirement, and duties of the State Building Code Council;
(2) Amend the state building code, including the clarification of terminology, code adoption process, and staggering of code adoptions;
(3) Prohibit the State Building Code Council from adopting provisions in the Hawaii state building codes that conflict with laws governing contractors; and
(4) Appropriate funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the State Building Code Council and staff to carry out their duties and functions, including operating costs and staff salaries.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Health; Department of Defense State Civil Defense; Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu; Hawaii State Fire Council; Honolulu Fire Department; Department of Fire and Public Safety of the County of Maui; Kauai Fire Department; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; State Building Code Council; Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii; Laborers' International Union of North America Local 368; Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety; International Code Council; Pacific Resource Partnership; Local Jobs for Local People; General Contractors Association of Hawaii; American Institute of Architects; and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the American Chemistry Council. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council.
Your Committees find that modern building codes are necessary to protect the citizens of Hawaii. In 2012, the State Building Code Council recommended an updated series of codes to be established as the new Hawaii State Building Code. However, due to a lack of funding, the process was never completed. This measure addresses the importance of the State Building Code Council's composition and duties to benefit the integrity of the code adoption process and appropriates funds to support the State Building Code Council's efforts to adopt a uniform set of statewide building codes and consistent standards.
Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2581, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2581, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing,
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____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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