Rep. Adrian Tam

Prohibits any person from presetting commercial beach equipment on any public beach under the jurisdiction of the department of land and natural resources, unless the customer is physically present. Requires commercial vendors to expeditiously remove commercial beach equipment after the customer has finished using it. Allows the department of land and natural resources to grant exemptions through rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes. Establishes administrative fines for violations. Pertains only to public beaches and does not include private lands, including accreted lands.

Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to conduct an audit of the State's surface water transmission systems.

Requires that Hawaiʻi housing finance and development corporation housing projects include a restrictive covenant that the percentage of units of the housing project that are designated as affordable housing, as described in the submitted housing project application, shall be affordable housing in perpetuity.

Requires the department of transportation to perform routine inspections of highways in the state highway system that are at risk of rockslides every five years and after major rainfall events. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Authorizes HHFDC to assist DOE in developing housing projects for teachers and other school employees and contract or sponsor an experimental or demonstration housing project with any state department or agency. Appropriates funds for deposit into the dwelling unit revolving fund. Authorizes DOE to lease land and contract with private entities for the development, management, maintenance, or revitalization of housing for teachers and other school employees. Permits a private entity to lease housing to other eligible tenants if occupancy of the housing falls below a percentage threshold as determined by DOE. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)

Establishes and appropriates moneys for a Maui campus housing pilot program, to be administered by the school facilities authority which shall make on-campus housing available to employees at Lahainaluna and Kulanihakoi high schools on the island of Maui. Requires the school facilities authority and department of education to submit reports to the Legislature. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Specifies that a certificate of inspection shall be issued if a vehicle is not equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Requires rules regarding safety check inspections to ensure that a motorcycle, moped, or motor vehicle is not equipped with a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Suspends, revokes, or refuses renewal of a permit for an official inspection station upon a third or subsequent wilful violation of any rule regarding inspecting a noisy muffler or exhaust system. Makes violating the noisy muffler laws a petty misdemeanor. Includes repairing or installing a noisy muffler or exhaust system as a prohibited practice for motor vehicle repair regulations.

Requires the department of agriculture to establish a healthy soils program, which includes a healthy soil assessment and education program and health soil grants program. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Beginning 07/01/2024, establishes the office of administrative hearings to conduct contested case hearings in the department of budget and finance, department of land and natural resources, and department of taxation. Appropriates funds to establish the office of administrative hearings. Repeals 07/01/2026.

Requires each county to submit to the Legislature a comprehensive integrated wastewater management plan report that addresses and identifies the county's wastewater management needs, including financial needs. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)