Changes income tax rates and eliminates state income tax for those at or below the poverty level for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
Requires the office of information practices to resolve all public complaints about noncompliance with chapter 92F and part I of chapter 92 within six months from the date the office of information practices receives the complaint.
Lowers the automatic jury duty exemption age from eighty to seventy.
Requires the Department of Public Safety to provide free feminine hygiene products to all female inmates and detainees upon request.
Adds knowingly making a false statement to a county inspector a crime within the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities.
Clarifies that condominium unit owners have the authority to install security video telecommunications equipment upon property solely owned by the unit owner.
Makes decisions of the family court appealable to the supreme court instead of the intermediate court of appeals.
Provides that the Legislature shall have standing to intervene in any court proceeding involving a claim based upon a constitutional or statutory provision.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to order decreases in electric utility rates when certain federal tax rate decreases are enacted that apply to electric utilities. Requires the Commission to order customer refunds for the excess profits generated between the effective date of the federal tax rate change and the effective date of the Commission's order to decrease rates.
Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020, and allows any election to be conducted by mail prior to the 2020 primary election, in whole or in part, as determined by the chief election officer or county clerk, as appropriate. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers, with a minimum of two on each island with a population over 75,000, that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the office of elections to submit a report to the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session from 2019 through 2024, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system. Takes effect on 1/1/2020.
