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

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342P-33

  • Abatement: means any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate asbestos or lead-based paint hazards, including but not limited to removal, enclosure, encapsulation, or disposal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342P-1
  • Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite (amosite), anthophyllite, actinolite, and tremolite. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342P-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 342P-1
(b) Any county may adopt ordinances and rules governing any matter relating to asbestos or lead abatement that are not governed by a rule of the department adopted pursuant to this chapter; provided that any county ordinance or rule relating to asbestos or lead abatement 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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