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(Former County Building) 333 Kilauea Avenue,Second Floor
25 Aupuni Street Hawai'Z County Council Ben Franklin Building
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 �. Hilo, Hawaii 96720
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DATE: July 22, 2011
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TO Dominic Yagong, Council Chair
And Members of the Hawai`i County Council {+ ry
FROM: Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Council Member 'Afr
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 268, Draft 3
Please see proposed amendments to Bill No. 268, Draft 3. The proposed amendments below are
illustrated in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 268, Draft 3.
Section 9-3, as provided in Bill No. 268, Draft 3, is amended to read as follows:
"Section 9-3. Scope; exceptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all electrical work and installations in
the County, with exceptions as noted in the 2008 National Electrical Code as adopted by
the State of Hawai`i and the following:
(1) Electrical work on buildings or premises owned by or under the direct control
of the Federal government.
(2) Electrical work by employees of a public utility within the State under a
franchise or charter granted by the State which is regulated by the public utility
commission and, while so employed, pursuant to section 448E-13, Hawai`i
Revised Statutes.
(3) [The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to public State and County road
subdivision under development, or an approved subdivision, where the work is
Utility installation on public State and County road right of ways where
installed outside the proposed premises or boundary lines in a subdivision
under development, or an approved subdivision, where the work is in the
planned or actual roadways or other common infrastructure areas, provided the
installation is performed by an electrical utility operating under a franchise or
charter granted by the State which is regulated by the public utility commission.
This exception shall not apply to other persons or entities contracted by the
electrical utility to perform the installation.
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(4) Any street lighting, traffic signal, or police and fire alarm work being
performed under the control of the County.
[(.44] (5) Existing electrical installations which complied with the laws, ordinances
and regulations in effect when the electrical work thereon was performed,
provided that such installations shall be subject to the provisions of section 9-4.
[(5)] (6) All buildings moved into or relocated within the County shall comply with
all requirements of this chapter for new buildings and all unused or abandoned
wiring and devices shall be removed.
[(6)] (7) Electrical work related to work regulated by chapter 397, Hawai`i Revised
Statutes, as amended relating to the Elevator Code, but not including electrical
work for the supply of power to the control panels of elevators, dumbwaiters,
escalators, moving walks, and manlifts.
[(7)] (8) Replacement or repair of devices and apparatus of air conditioning,
refrigeration, and heating systems, except electrical work on overcurrent
devices which are not physically attached to, or physically mounted on, such
systems.
[(8)] (9) The construction, alteration or repair of electrical devices commonly used
in the home such as portable appliances as defined in section 9-5."
There is no attached draft copy in order to save large volumes of paper and expense to the
legislative branch.
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