Permanently authorizes the Department of Transportation under certain conditions to designate shoulders upon which the Department may authorize the driving of motorcycles.
Sen. Donna Kim
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Requires the Hawaii emergency management agency to inventory all designated emergency shelters and their ability to withstand a category one hurricane or higher. Requires Hawaii emergency management agency to provide a list of shelters and their respective hurricane ratings to the legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Grants exclusive original jurisdiction in matters of divorce to the family court of the circuit in which an applicant is domiciled at the time the application is filed. Repeals the requirement that a person be domiciled or physically present in the State for a continuous period of at least six months before completing a divorce. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires the department of education to include source of project funding and amount of legislative appropriations used for some other purpose and the justification for such use in the information posted on the department's website relating to school repair and maintenance projects. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)
Appropriates funds for the proper implementation of the kupuna caregivers program. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Appropriates funds for the Department of Human Services to purchase, staff, and operate mobile clinics to serve homeless persons; provided that an unspecified number of the mobile clinics shall be allocated to the county with the largest land mass. Requires matching funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Establishes an income tax credit for employers who create onsite early childhood facilities. Establishes and appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE on-site early childhood facility coordinator position. Effective 7/1/2051. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. (HD1)
Establishes a Hawaii hope card program within the department of the attorney general to issue cards verifying a person's long-term protective order. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Adds early childhood education teachers, including public charter school teachers, to the Hawaii educator loan program and allows the education loans of participants to be forgiven after 5 years of teaching. Establishes a cap on the total loan forgiveness. Exempts existing program loans. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/2/2050. (HD1)
Establishes the micro enterprise assistance program on Hawaiian home lands revolving fund to provide grants and loans through the implementation by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the micro enterprise assistance program to qualified native Hawaiians, native Hawaiian-controlled homestead associations, homestead association community development corporations, and Native Hawaiian community organizations with a demonstrated ability and history of making and administering loans and providing support to qualified native Hawaiians. Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to implement the program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2051. (HD1)