(a) All laws, ordinances, and rules inconsistent with this chapter shall be void and of no effect.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-5

  • Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor air of substances in quantities and for durations which may endanger human health or welfare, plant or animal life, or property or which may unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout the State and in such areas of the State as are affected thereby, but excludes all aspects of employer-employee relationships as to health and safety hazards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342B-1
(b) Any county may adopt ordinances and rules governing any matter relating to air pollutant and air pollution control which is not governed by a rule of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter; provided that any county ordinance or rule relating to air pollution control shall be void and of no effect as to any matter regulated by a rule of the department upon the adoption thereof.

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