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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I _• STATE OF HAWAI`I
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BILL NO. 206
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 84-39 AND AMENDING CHAPTER
14, ARTICLE 8, SECTION 14-44, OF THE HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016
EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Findings and Purpose. The County of Hawaii recognizes the critical
importance of safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of its residents and environment. With
growing concerns about the potential hazards posed by the transportation, storage, and
development of nuclear materials, it is essential to ensure that all entities within the County,
including military operations, are subject to appropriate regulatory measures. This ordinance
seeks to remove the exclusion that previously applied to military activities in this regard,
aligning with the County's broader commitment to minimizing radiation risks and maintaining a
safe and clean environment for both present and future generations. This ordinance reflects the
County's dedication to comprehensive public safety without compromising national security
responsibilities.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 84-39 is repealed.
SECTION 3. Chapter 14, article 8, section 14-44 of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2016 edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 14-44. Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to maintain a clean and healthy environment for
present and future generations in the County, to protect the health and safety of the
residents of the County from radiation exposure resulting from dangers of accidents
involving the transportation or storage of nuclear materials or the development of nuclear
reactors, and to protect the general health, safety, comfort and welfare of the citizens of
the County.
SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. In printing this
ordinance, the brackets and bracketed and stricken material need not be included.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm, - 1049.2
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAPI
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