Requires the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules to protect the welfare of livestock transported to, from, or between any island of Hawaii. Requires the department to adopt interim rules.
Establishes a Kauai Air Tourism Working Group to develop a pilot program and consider other actions to address excessive noise from air tourism aircraft on the island of Kauai. Requires a report to the Legislature. Makes an appropriation.
Requires a certain percentage of the transient accommodations tax to be allocated to provide funding for the Bishop Museum and Iolani Palace.
Provides Hawaii residents with the option of paying for the registration of their motor vehicles and associated taxes and fees on a biannual basis. Restricts the amount of delinquency tax due to the current tax due plus one year. Removes language allowing storage costs and costs incident to seizure of a vehicle from inclusion in the amount the owner of a vehicle must pay in order to redeem the vehicle after seizure.
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate student assistants employed by the University of Hawaii.
Establishes the second Tuesday in June as "Car-Free Day" in the City and County of Honolulu to promote clean air, reduced noise, and a slower pace of life. Exempts emergency vehicles.
Allows association members to make written demand to planned community associations to make repairs to common property. Allows association members to make repairs under certain conditions and deduct costs for the repairs from the association assessments under certain conditions. Outlines limitations for repairing private roads.
Mandates a foreclosing party to submit a plan to prevent long-term vacancy at the start of the foreclosure action. Imposes fines on a homeowner, foreclosing party, or prevailing purchaser in foreclosure actions when a vacant residential property subject to foreclosure remains unoccupied during the foreclosure process. Establishes conditions under which a foreclosed property may be rented.
Authorizes for testing purposes the operation of autonomous vehicles in the State of Hawaii. Requires Department of Transportation to establish an application and approval process and report annually to the legislature. Makes an appropriation.
Establishes linked investments to provide loan funds for agriculture and authorizes the State to invest in linked investments. Appropriates funds to the Department of Budget and Finance to hire one position to administer the linked investment program. Takes effect 7/1/2150. (SD1)
