Prohibits roofing contractors from offering to pay, in any monetary form, an insured's property or casualty insurance deductible as an incentive to induce the insured to hire the contractor. Allows an insured to rescind a contract with the roofing contractor if an insurer notifies the insured that all or any part of a claim or contract is not a covered loss under the insured's insurance policy and requires the roofing contractor to return funds after the rescission, in certain circumstances. Requires roofing contractors to provide certain forms to an insured, prior to entering into a contract. Prohibits roofing contractors from representing or negotiating, or offering or advertising to do so, on behalf of an insured in an insurance claim. Specifies violations are unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
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Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to enter into ninety-nine-year leases of units in residential condominiums located on state lands.
Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to develop a plan to ensure that all communities in the State having schools receiving federal Title I education funds have high-speed broadband internet access.
Requires the university of Hawaii environmental center to conduct ongoing studies of the environmental impacts of sewage spills on affected coral reefs and submit an annual report to the legislature prior to the convening of each regular session. Appropriates moneys.
Allows HPHA to build non-subsidized housing. Excludes amounts required to be set aside or transferred pursuant to the Admission Act of 1959 or sections 1 and 6 of the State Constitution with respect to the net proceeds of sales or leases of HPHA-developed property, from being deposited into the public housing revolving fund. Requires HPHA to submit certain documentation to the office of Hawaiian affairs regarding government or crown lands set aside or leased to HPHA prior to any plan to redevelop or enter into a public-private partnership for affordable housing development. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires each county police department to collect certain data regarding police stops, uses of force, and arrests, and submit to the legislature annual reports. Effective 5/6/2137. (SD1)
Establishes an ecosystem restoration commission to identify federally owned or controlled lands within Hawaii for environmental remediation and the return of ownership and control of those lands to the State.
Appropriates funds to support and expand physician residency training programs in state teaching hospitals. Requires dollar-for-dollar matching funds from private funding sources.
Requires the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health, and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, to identify and propose an appropriate location for the construction of a state stockpile storage facility to stockpile emergency supplies necessary for responding to natural disasters and pandemics. Appropriates moneys.
Provides for an expedited agency hearing regarding any criminal activity that threatens the health and safety of the community or any drug-related criminal activity.