STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2849
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2124
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2124, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Enhance the control of low-frequency noise emitted from establishments regulated by county liquor commissions by setting a maximum permissible noise level in dBC measurements;
(2) Clarify that emission of noise that exceeds the maximum permissible noise level constitutes a noise violation;
(3) Allow noise violations to be enforced by summons or citation issued by law enforcement officers;
(4) Allow county
liquor commissions to adopt rules to issue fines for noise violations; and
(5) Allow county liquor commissions to take certain remedial actions with respect to violations of noise laws.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Chinatown Gateway Plaza Tenant Association and five individuals. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your Committees find that all citizens have a right to a healthful and peaceful environment. Your Committees further find that quiet is an increasingly rare commodity and is constantly under siege from a wide range of sources. One source of excessive noise pollution is business establishments that serve alcohol, such as restaurants, bars, and night clubs that are in close proximity to residential areas. Accordingly, this measure will promote the health and well-being of all members of the public by establishing a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement scheme for noise pollution emitted by establishments that are subject to regulation by a county liquor commission.
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 Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2124, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2124, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary,
________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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________________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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