Requires the department of public safety, in collaboration with the office of Hawaiian affairs, to create a Native Hawaiian rehabilitation program for prison inmates that emphasizes Native Hawaiian values and cultural practices. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Establishes the Hawaii start-up business loan program. Establishes the Hawaii start-up business loan program revolving fund. Requires DBEDT to submit an annual report to the legislature regarding the program. Appropriates funds. Effective 10/18/2050. (HD1)
Explicitly includes feral pigs within the department of land and natural resources' permit system for the taking of wild birds, game birds, and game mammals. Clarifies that the department of land and natural resources may provide by rule that no permit or report shall be required to destroy or control game mammals, including feral pigs, during daytime hours on privately owned land when the action is otherwise in compliance with departmental rules. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Adds the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission or the chairperson's designee to serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member on the commission on water resource management. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Authorizes the Director of Taxation to exempt a taxpayer whose annual general excise tax liability does not exceed $100 from monthly, quarterly, or semiannual general excise tax filing requirements; provided that the taxpayer files an annual return. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2022.
Extends the sunset date for the ohana zones pilot program to 6/30/2026. Expands regulatory exemptions for ohana zones pilot program contracts. Appropriates funds to the governor for the ohana zones pilot program. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
Establishes the housing choice voucher landlord incentive program. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to adopt rules without regard to chapter 91, HRS, to establish specified incentives for landlords who participate in the tenant-based assistance housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires that the Hawaii public housing authority adopt rules to establish a maximum of fifteen days after receipt of an owner's or landlord's inspection request as a reasonable time within which to inspect a dwelling unit for lease under the section 8 housing choice voucher program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires counties or issuers that retain their allocation of the annual state bond ceiling to submit quarterly reports to the department of budget and finance on the status or use of any allocation. Specifies that unless requested by the governor and approved by the legislature, no special purpose revenue bonds requiring an allocation of annual state ceiling shall be authorized after 6/30/2022, and before 12/31/2028. Specifies that any allocation of the annual state ceiling to a county with a population of over 500,000 during this same time period shall be used only for rental housing projects that are eligible for the low-income housing tax credit. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Requires the offender reentry office of the department of public safety to develop and implement a risk needs assessment tool that is specifically intended to assess the needs of women offenders. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Provides automatic step increases in salaries for each year of satisfactory service completed by educational assistants, public school teachers, and principals and vice principals and increases the amount of time available to teachers for collaboration, preparation, and planning. Appropriates funds for the automatic step increases and increase of time for teachers to collaborate and plan. Appropriates funds for various teacher differentials to help address labor shortages in the areas of special education, hard-to-staff geographic locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs. Effective 7/1/2050 (HD1)
