Requires the department of land and natural resources to regularly maintain trails and streams under its jurisdiction on a regular or scheduled basis.
Establishes the shipping container inspection program and shipping container inspection program special fund. Increases the maximum fine for each violation of the fireworks law. Requires PSD to submit reports to the legislature on implementation of the shipping container inspection program.
Amends requirements for child passengers. Requires rear facing child safety seats for children less than two years of age. Requires the use of child safety seats or booster seats for certain children less than ten years of age. Raises certain fines for violations. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Exempts the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from permit and review fees for residential buildings for use by beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended; provided that the department shall comply with applicable building, electrical, plumbing, and fire codes.
Conforms chapter 657D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, concerning civil relief for state military forces, to the federal Servicemember's Civil Relief Act. Waives filing fees and court costs for a service member or other person seeking to enforce rights pursuant to chapter 657D.
Requires that new income tax credits include a 5-year sunset or a gradual reduction.
Authorizes counties to establish a program for commissioned volunteer enforcement officers to assist their police department with specified enforcement actions within their traffic division.
Establishes a road connectivity task force to assess and identify ways of improving road access in rural areas and in subdivisions with substandard roads. Requires a report to the legislature.
Disallows the enforcement of a re-recorded homeowners' association restriction if the restriction prohibits bona fide agricultural uses and activities on agricultural land.
Reduces the maximum fee a check casher may charge under a payday loan agreement for deferring the deposit of a check from fifteen per cent to seven per cent of the face value of the check.
