THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2744
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to Cesspool tax credits.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 235-16.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "qualified cesspool" in subsection (i) to read as follows:

     "Qualified cesspool" means a cesspool that is certified by the department of health as being:

     (1)  Located within:

         (A)  Two hundred feet of a shoreline, perennial stream, or wetland; [or]

(B) Two hundred feet of an existing sewer system; or

       [(B)]  (C)  A source water assessment program area (two year time of travel from a cesspool to a public drinking water source); or

     (2)  A residential large capacity cesspool."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Cesspools; Tax Credit; Near Existing Sewer Systems; Upgrade or Conversion

Description:

Adds cesspools that are within two hundred feet of an existing sewer system to the definition of "qualified cesspool" for the purposes of determining eligibility for upgrade or conversion tax credits.

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