HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1384
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to fire sprinklers.

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

     SECTION 1.  Act 83, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012[; provided that on June 30, 2017, this Act shall be repealed]."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Fire Sprinklers; Residences; Agricultural and Aquacultural Structures; Sunset Date Repeal

Description:

Makes permanent the prohibition on the counties from requiring fire sprinklers in specific family dwelling units and agricultural and aquacultural buildings, but allows counties to require sprinklers for any new home that requires a variance from access road or fire fighting water supply requirements.

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