Allocates money from the tourism special fund to help fund the intercollegiate athletic programs at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and University of Hawaii at Hilo to offset the higher costs that the University of Hawaii must pay for athletics compared to peer institutions. Repeals 6/30/2019. (SD1)
Appropriates funds to the department of education for completing the planning, design, and construction for the second phase of the new high school in Kihei, Maui.
Requires DLNR to consider the conclusions and recommendations of the Kaua‘i Feral Cat Task Force when setting department policy regarding feral cats. (SD1)
Authorizes the department of the attorney general to transfer up to $50,000 each year out of the criminal forfeiture fund for deposit into the internet crimes against children special fund. Authorizes the deposit of moneys transferred from the criminal forfeiture fund into the internet crimes against children special fund. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
Establishes the special operations K9 unit special fund. Requires the auditor to conduct an annual audit of the special fund and submit an annual report to the legislature. Appropriates money to the fund for deputy canines and full-time equivalent (FTE) permanent canine handler positions within the department of public safety. (SD1)
Adopts the National Conference of Insurance Legislators' Model Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act, which requires life insurers to conduct database searches using the federal Social Security Administration's death master file or similar database to determine whether an insured has died. Requires life insurers to use good faith efforts to locate any beneficiaries to a policy, contract, or retained asset account. Authorizes the insurance commissioner to use discretion to limit, exempt, or phase-in compliance with requirements under certain circumstances. Effective January 1, 2018. (SD1)
Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low-income housing tax credit. Appropriates funds to establish one position in the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to oversee the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
Creates an income tax credit based on real property taxes paid for landowners to incentivize leasing land for community food forests. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2017.
Establishes the Technology Innovation Corporation, a corporation attached to the High Technology Development Corporation, to assist in attracting high technology development opportunities to the State. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
Clarifies that an adequate supply of medical marijuana authorized for possession by a qualifying patient and the primary caregiver includes seven marijuana plants that are at least twelve inches in height or width, and seven marijuana seedlings that are less than twelve inches in height and width. Authorizes primary caregivers to continue cultivating marijuana for qualifying patients until December 31, 2020. Defines edible cannabis products as manufactured cannabis that is intended to be used, in whole or in part, for human consumption and provides manufacturing requirements for edible cannabis products. Authorizes licensed medical marijuana dispensaries to manufacture and distribute edible cannabis products beginning July 1, 2018. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
