Establishes the Office of Health Equity within the Department of Health. Appropriates funds.
Establishes the 2022 illegal fireworks task force within the department of the attorney general to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control law; and ensure the safety and security of airports, harbors, and other facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires a report to the legislature.
Establishes a separate fee and charge for the inspection, quarantine, and eradication of invasive species contained in air freight brought into the State, to be used for the program at the airports. Establishes a fund for the revenues to be deposited into. Appropriates funds.
Requires the office of planning and sustainable development to conduct a study of the suitability of the State's current soil overall (master) productivity rating system classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification. Requires a report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Exempts parking concessions from the public bidding requirements under the state procurement law.
Establishes the packaging stewardship program within the department of health to reduce the amount of packaging material that becomes solid waste.
Returns to OHA certain moneys in the carry-forward trust holding account previously claimed as public land trust overpayments to the office. Establishes a public land trust revenues committee to periodically study and determine the annual amount of income and proceeds from the public land trust that OHA should receive annually.
Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of single-use plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers designed to hold 16 fluid ounces or less, effective 1/1/2024, and single-use plastic bottles and rigid plastic containers designed to hold more than 16 fluid ounces, effective 1/1/2025.
Requires the department of public safety, in collaboration with the department of human services, to develop and establish a program to train incarcerated nonviolent individuals in the area of social work. Requires progress reports on the program to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
Establishes a penalty for landlord violations of the residential landlord-tenant code. Establishes minimum notice requirements for landlords terminating rental agreements. Limits the allowable amount for landlord rent increases annually. Requires landlords to pay tenants when terminating or refusing to renew a rental agreement.
