Increases fees imposed upon importers, wholesalers, storage sites, and retailers for licenses on fireworks. Authorizes counties to use fees for costs related to inspecting shipped containers of aerial devices when they are opened.
Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects for the 19th Senatorial District.
Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of a private-public partnership to design, build, and operate an underwater tunnel for vehicle traffic to provide a more direct connection between Ewa and downtown Honolulu along with the expansion of roadways as necessary to maximize use of the tunnel. Authorizes general obligation bonds. Appropriates funds.
Requires a county to first seek revenue from alternative sources, including advertising, before imposing any new mass transit fare or fare increase. Requires prior approval of a new fare or fare increase from the Department of Transportation.
Lengthens the time by which a vehicle must have a safety inspection.
Appropriates funds to increase access to mental health services across the University of Hawaii system.
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses and other licensed qualified health care providers to perform abortions.
Authorizes the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial, industrial, resort and hotel, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will: (1) modernize the policies for the management of public lands in the designated area; (2) establish a plan for the designated area, including district-wide improvements, that is coordinated with state and county land use and planning policies; and (3) implement asset and property management concepts that can optimize income from the properties and evolve in response to changing principles of property administration. Designates the public lands on the Waiakea peninsula on the island of Hawaii as the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District. Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue a rent reduction or waiver for certain lessee's expenses for demolition or provision of basic infrastructure. Authorizes a local redevelopment agency to contract with a developer for construction of non-residential projects on public land within a redevelopment area. Exempts the costs of construction of work or improvements of a redevelopment project from general excise and use taxes. Takes effect upon the County of Hawaii repealing the Banyan Drive Hawaii redevelopment agency. Makes an appropriation.
Requires each county to adopt ordinances that require wind turbines and other wind-powered energy systems to be setback at least fifteen feet for each one foot of height, measured from the highest vertical extension of the system, from all property lines on any land classified as urban or rural land.
Requires all wind turbines that are equipped with obstruction lighting and located within five miles of a residential community to be equipped with aircraft detection lighting systems.
