Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the ninth representative district.
Beginning 7/1/2024, subjects all electric vehicles to a state mileage-based road usage fee instead of paying a registration surcharge. Requires a vehicle inspection certificate to state the odometer reading of the vehicle. Clarifies that the type of fuel required on applications for vehicle registration includes batteries or electricity. Requires the department of transportation to develop a long-term mileage-based usage fee implementation plan for all passenger vehicles and light duty trucks by 2033. Requires the department of transportation to seek federal funding. Appropriates American Rescue Plan Act funds for the state mileage-based road usage fee program.
Requires the board of education to adopt rules to expand the jurisdiction of all public schools under the purview of the department of education to include a quarter-mile radius surrounding each public school.
Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real time by 1/1/2024. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to adopt self-certification for solar distributed energy resource systems of 250 kilowatts or less that are not SolarAPP+ compatible. Makes the professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensure law inapplicable to work with respect to residential distributed energy resource systems and increases the estimated cost of work on certain structures below which that licensure law is inapplicable. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Requires the Board of Education to hold not less than six community forums annually, with at least one community forum in each county. Requires the Board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the Legislature on implementing open forums.
Appropriates funds for the Hawaiʻi carbon smart land management assistance pilot program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Establishes an income tax credit for qualified farms that donate eligible food products or prepared food to food banks or food pantries located in the State. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2026. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Requires the department of education to employ one full-time equivalent counselor, vice principal, and media specialist at each department school. Appropriates funds.
Establishes a nationally certified school psychologist incentive program. Appropriates funds for the incentive program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Short form bill relating to education.
