HRS §46-19.6
Fast-track permits for green building projects
Counties must set up a way to process building permits faster for private projects that use green building standards, without charging extra. This fast track does not mean the permit is automatically approved. The law defines what counts as green building standards and who is a private entity.
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The statute, as written — [OLD] REPEALED
L 1994, c 168, §2. [§46-19.6] County building permits; incorporation of energy and environmental design building standards in project design; priority processing. (a) Each county agency that issues building, construction, or development-related permits shall establish a procedure for the priority processing of a permit application submitted by a private entity for a construction project that incorporates energy and environmental design building standards into its project design. The permit processing procedure shall give priority to private sector permit applicants at no additional cost to the applicant. Any priority permit processing procedure established by a county pursuant to this section shall not imply or provide that any permit application filed under the priority processing procedure shall be automatically approved. (b) For the purposes of this section: "Energy and environmental design building standards" means the leadership in energy and environmental design silver or two green globes rating system or another comparable state‑approved, nationally recognized, and consensus‑based guideline, standard, or system. "Private entity" means any permit applicant that is not the State, a county, the federal government, or any political subdivision thereof.
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