Requires the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office to enter into a publicprivate partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility on land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Requires the Hawaiʻi community development authority to consider the impacts of climate change, sea level rise, and climate-resilient development in the design and siting of buildings in the Kaka‘ako and Kalaeloa community development districts. (HD2)
Appropriates funds for the Judiciary to purchase civil legal services for low- and moderate-income persons.
Encourages the employees' retirement system, in evaluating venture capital investments, to consider opportunities in industries that will sustain Hawaiʻi's natural environment or produce economic opportunities for its residents, including renewable energy businesses and businesses that use the investment capital to acquire the infrastructure and services needed to become energy sustainable. If the employees' retirement system board of trustees determines that it is not prudent to invest in any Hawaiʻi venture capital meeting this description, requires the board to report the rationale for the decision in its annual report to the legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to address the impacts of climate change in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Specifies that boards subject to the open meetings law shall allow oral testimony on any agenda item at the beginning of the board's agenda or meeting, provided that oral testimony shall not be limited to the beginning of a board's agenda. Specifies an exception for the legislative body of each county.
Renames the industrial hemp special fund as the hemp special fund and allows the fund to be utilized for the department of agriculture's responsibilities regarding hemp. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Amends section 266-19.5(d), Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, for the purpose of increasing the total contract value and total aggregate value of capital advancement contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation for harbor improvements and adds reporting requirements for the department.
Adds a new section to chapter 708, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of government fraud.
Makes permanent Act 197, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2021, which excludes housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees.
