Sen. Les Ihara

Appropriates funds for the hiring of a coordinator and for interisland travel and operating expenses of the P-20 Agriculture Education Working Group within the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Outlines the duties of the working group and opens participation in the working group to additional persons and entities.

Corrects an error in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016 to clarify that the Kaho‘olawe island reserve commission is affiliated with the county of Maui, rather than the county of Hawaii.

Appropriates funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the initial staff necessary to develop and manage the He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve and its programs. Eff. 3/14/2092. (SD1)

Requires pharmacy benefit managers to register with the insurance commissioner. (SD1)

Restricts management fees to an amount that reflects a reasonable value for services rendered. Requires that condominium property managers, associations of apartment owners, and planned community associations make association documents available to owners under reasonable terms, including through a property management company's or association's website, if one exists, and for reasonable costs.

Requires advertisements or displays for sunscreen containing oxybenzone in the State to include a conspicuously displayed statement that the use of oxybenzone in nearshore waters poses serious hazards to coral and reef health.

Clarifies that failure to register a firearm within the required time period does not relieve the owner of the duty to register the firearm. Allows the owner of an unregistered firearm to register the firearm thereafter without penalty. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD2)

Requires principal brokers in a brokerage firm to ensure that: associated real estate licensees and other staff who assist in providing management services for common interest communities are responsive to requests from owners regarding association-related finances, documents, records, and information; and any request from the real estate commission to distribute commission-generated information, materials, or documents to an association, a board of directors, or a unit owner in a common interest community is completed within ten days after receiving the request. Clarifies that any violation of a mandatory provision of the State's condominium law by a board or its officers and members is a per se violation of the board's fiduciary duty. Provides safe harbor for a board member who votes for compliance during a board meeting. (SD1)

Makes an appropriation for fiscal years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 for na ala hele to improve access to and maintenance of state controlled recreational trails statewide. (SD1)

Establishes the University of Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at any campus of the University of Hawaii system or any community college campus. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program. (SB1162 HD1)