Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to develop a list of unit addresses, including housing units and rental units marketed to the visitor industry for occupancy and to post the list on its website.
Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a study of the effectiveness and enforcement issues relating to the State's foreclosure statutes under chapter 667, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to determine the provisions to be included in a proposed homeowners' bill of rights. Requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019.
Allows the board of land and natural resources to waive costs associated with a right-of-entry permit for ocean recreation-related tournaments and ancillary services.
Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules to substitute references to "marijuana" with "cannabis". Reschedules cannabis from a schedule I drug to a schedule III drug.
Appropriates funds for the initial operational expenses of the day use mooring buoy program. Requires the department of land and natural resources to endeavor fiscal resources in subsequent fiscal years to make the program self-sustainable through user fee collections.
Requires the department of agriculture, in collaboration with the department of health, to create a restricted use pesticide amnesty program and provide restricted use pesticide amnesty bins within each county for the anonymous and proper disposal of illegal or unused restricted use pesticides.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo for research and other activities related to rat lungworm disease. Conditions release of the funds on the University submitting a report to the legislature listing the specific research and activities it plans to undertake. Requires the University, along with the Department of Health, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Joint Rat Lungworm Task Force, to create a statewide plan for the eradication and prevention of rat lungworm disease.
Clarifies the powers of condominium associations regarding the deduction and application of a portion of an owner's common expense payments to unpaid late fees, legal fees, fines, and interest.
Requires condominium unit owners' associations to keep additional records and take further actions to make such records available for examination by unit owners and owners' authorized agents. Requires associations to make required documents, records, and information available to owners and owners' authorized agents on a protected internet site.
Authorizes the construction of tiny homes for residential use within agricultural districts, on farms that are engaged in agricultural production. Provides that a tiny home shall be subject to county ordinances or permitting requirements that are directly applicable to residential uses of tiny homes in agricultural districts.
