Provides that the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission on Water Resource Management shall not conduct contested case hearings, and counties shall not conduct contested case hearings regarding disputes over land use, but that decisions and disputes may be contested and adjudicated in circuit court.
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Clarifies that increased fines may apply if a candidate committee or noncandidate committee fail to timely file the preliminary primary or preliminary general report that is due in an unspecified number of days before a primary or general election. Effective 7/1/2112. (HD1)
Provides flexibility in employing personnel to administer the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program.
Provides an emergency appropriation to the Office of the Governor in fiscal year 2020-2021 to continue funding for various COVID-19 response related programs and activities. Requires that should any project or program paid for by state funds become eligible for federal reimbursement, those federal funds shall be deposited into the general fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Clarifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) may lease any existing state boating facility in part or in its entirety without the need for prior legislative approval, and amends chapter 76, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow a private partner under contract to assist the Department with administrative support services, such as vessel slip management, maintenance, and monitoring.
Allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume review of the effect of any proposed project on historic properties or burial sites for lands under its jurisdiction.
Clarifies and expands procedural requirements for judicial review of an agency's denial of access to a government record. Provides procedural requirements and standards of review upon appeal.
Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the twenty-sixth representative district.
Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.
Provides emergency appropriations in fiscal year 2020-2021 to the department of health to continue funding for various COVID19 response related programs and activities. Authorizes the governor to transfer funds appropriated to other executive departments. Requires unallotted or unencumbered funds to lapse on 6/30/2022. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)