Directs the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study of a housing savings account system. (SD1)
Increases the cap on the amount of campaign funds candidates may donate to any community service, educational, youth, recreational, charitable, scientific, or literary organization, or public school or library to $6,000 for a candidate to a two-year office, $12,000 for a candidate to a four-year nonstatewide office, and $18,000 for a candidate to a four-year statewide office. (SD1)
Prohibits discrimination in rental transactions based on participation in any government rental assistance program, including low-income housing assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, as amended.
Establishes the public employees' compensation appeals board to hear appeals requesting the repricing of a class. Appropriates moneys.
Retains institutional, health, and correctional workers except for Adult Corrections Officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division under bargaining unit (10). Creates a separate bargaining unit (16) for Adult Corrections Officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division.
Prohibits the Director of Finance from issuing or approving any certificate of participation that exceeds $10 million.
Requires officers serving a warrant to declare the officer's office and business and wait thirty seconds before entry into a house, store, or other building, subject to certain circumstances. Requires officers serving a warrant issued by a district court to do so in an authorized uniform and wear and use a body-worn video camera.
Requires coffee blend labels to disclose regional origins and percent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than specified percentages coffee by weight from that geographic origin. Appropriates moneys for inspection and detection technologies.
Extends the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee. Imposes $10,000 fine for false-labeling of Hawaii-grown roasted coffee.
Establishes a general excise tax withholding requirement on payments to loan-out companies for services performed in Hawaii for persons claiming the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit (income tax credit). Requires taxpayers claiming the income tax credit to submit a sworn statement and verification review to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) only if qualified production costs exceed $1,000,000. Requires reports by DBEDT to the Legislature on the income tax credit to identify the dollar amount claimed, name of company, and name of program claiming the credit. Extends the period during which excess income tax credits may be claimed to December 31, 2032. Requires qualified productions that claim the income tax credit to withhold a certain amount and remit that amount within thirty calendar days to the Department of Taxation (DOTAX) to the credit of the general excise tax account of the loan-out company. Amends the uses of the Tax Administration Special Fund. Allows DOTAX to establish four full-time equivalent tax auditor positions to examine claims for the income tax credit and other tax expenditures and to establish application processing fees. (SD1)
