Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center to conduct a multiethnic cohort study focusing on the social determinants of health, lifestyles, environmental exposures, and resilience factors of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos. Requires the Cancer Center to seek federal funding to complete the study. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa
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Appropriates funds to the Office of Community Services to fund the purchase, storage, and transportation of food for distribution to the food banks in the State. (SD2)
Creates an income tax credit for transportation costs incurred by certain taxpayers who ship produce and agricultural goods between counties. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
Part I: Establishes and appropriates funds for a county cesspool pilot program in the Department of Health to work with each county to identify a priority area to expand the county sewage system or other centralized treatment system to connect individual properties in the priority area and reduce or eliminate cesspools in the identified area. Part II: Creates a cesspool conversion section in the Department of Health to facilitate the conversion of cesspools within the State. Establishes and appropriates funds for positions. Part III: Requires the Department of Health to retain qualified consultants to identify necessary public outreach and education resources and tools, and develop a comprehensive public outreach strategy and educate homeowners regarding the State's cesspool upgrade, conversion, and connection requirements and deadlines. Part IV: Establishes, for all taxable years after December 31, 2023, an income tax credit for the cost of upgrading or converting a qualified cesspool to a Director of Health-approved wastewater system or connecting to a sewerage system. Requires that, effective 11/1/23, certain information regarding cesspools on real property be included in seller mandatory disclosures for real property transactions. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD2)
Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide needs assessment and establish an advisory council to determine what would be needed to transition to a more circular system with less waste generation, more reuse, and an extended producer responsibility program for packaging materials and paper products. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
Requires the Department of Education to create emergency access plans for each Department school. Requires each Department school to have a comprehensive school evacuation communication plan for use during emergencies. Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to assess all Department school campuses to determine if there are sufficient emergency evacuation routes for each campus and report to the Legislature. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Transportation for the coordinated removal of albizia and other invasive trees. Requires matching funds from public utilities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Facilitates the control and eradication of invasive species and pests. Establishes a plant nursery registration program. Requires the Board of Agriculture to designate certain species as pests for control or eradication. Imposes certain limits on imports and transportation. Updates the method by which the Department's noxious weed list is updated. Takes effect 7/1/3000. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to develop a native plant nurseries and seed bank initiative program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to enhance its Panorama platform and Trust Circle mobile application or create a new platform. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)