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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LABOR.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Given that Hawaii's labor landscape comprises numerous private sector labor organizations, the legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the public that laws reflect appropriate jurisdictions of each of the trades. Various factors inherently dictate how work is allocated to labor organizations. These factors include traditional jurisdictions, type of craft, scope of work, and relevant building code. Altering any of these factors potentially impacts the nature of the work performed and the applicable labor organization and its members.
The legislature further finds that it is imperative to balance the preservation of work for the members of the labor organizations with the health and safety of construction projects and the ultimate value to taxpayers. Health, safety, efficacy, and cost should be a consideration in construction projects. Hawaii continues to face high costs of construction as the State and counties continue to explore how to create more affordable housing and transit-oriented development.
The purpose of this Act is to ensure building codes that directly affect labor organizations and their members account for cost as well as quality and experience in work performed in construction projects.
SECTION 2. Section 107-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§107-25 Hawaii state building codes; requirements. (a) There is established the Hawaii state building codes applicable to all construction in the State of Hawaii. The Hawaii state building codes shall be based upon:
(1) The state fire code as adopted by the state fire council;
(2) The Uniform Plumbing Code, as copyrighted and published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, including its appendices;
(3) The International Building Code, the International Residential Code, and the International Energy Conservation Code, as published by the International Code Council;
(4) The National Electrical Code, as published by the National Fire Protection Association;
(5) Hawaii design standards implementing the criteria pursuant to Act 5, Special Session Laws of Hawaii, 2005, as applicable to:
(A) Emergency shelters built to comply with hurricane resistant criteria, including enhanced hurricane protection areas capable of withstanding a five hundred-year hurricane event as well as other storms and natural hazards; and
(B) Essential government facilities requiring continuity of operations; and
(6) Code provisions based on nationally published codes or standards that include but are not limited to residential and hurricane resistant standards related to loss mitigation standards in accordance with section 431P-12, elevator, mechanical, flood and tsunami, existing buildings, and onsite sewage disposal.
(1) The
alternative code shall be more cost effective than the applicable code of trade
or area of construction specified in subsection (a);
(2) The
prescriptive design of the alternative code does not negatively affect the
performance of the project or public safety and health; and
(3) The alternative code is approved by the council."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
State Building Codes; Alternative Codes; Health and Safety; Labor
Description:
Requires
state projects to be designed and constructed using an alternative code that is
most cost effective to a project, subject to certain conditions, including
health and safety.
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