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HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
DATE: October 16, 2023
TO: Heather Kimball, Council Chair; and
Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Susan L.K. Lee Loy, Council Memb
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 66, Draft 2, an Ordinance Amending Chapter 5,
Article 4, Section 5-4-3, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as
Amended), Related to Installation of Photovoltaic Systems.
The following is offered as a proposed amendment to Bill No. 66, Draft 2. The proposed
amendment is shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 66, Draft
2; material to be added is underscored.
SECTION 1 of Bill No. 66, Draft 2, subsection (f), is amended to read as follows:
Installation of photovoltaic systems shall require:
(1) Electrical design drawings and specifications that have been prepared, designed, and
stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii as a professional electrical
engineer for residential installations greater than 10 kilowatts and non-residential
installations, nrovided that anv proposed residential installation that would increase the
existing photovoltaic output to be greater than 10 kilowatts shall require electrical
design drawinjzs and specifications that have been prepared, designed, and stamped by
a -oerson who is licensed in the State of Hawaii as a professional electrical enaineer:
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(2) Plans and specifications for building work that have been prepared, designed, and
stamped by a person who is licensed in the State of Hawaii as an architect or a
professional structural engineer for:
(A) Non-residential installations; or
(B) Residential installations that do not utilize a preapproved system or that are not
consistent with approved standards including but not limited to, those relating to
span tables, older homes or site -built trusses."
Due to the limited scope of this amendment, a draft of Bill No. 66, Draft 2 that would result if
this amendment were adopted, is not attached.
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