Establishes the Rural Health Task Force within the Department of Health to make recommendations on registered nurse recruitment and retention in rural areas of east Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Increases terms for public auction, sales, or leases under the Hawaii Community Development Authority from sixty-five years to ninety-nine years. Retains terms for leases of ceded lands at sixty-five years. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Establishes provisions within the department of agriculture to enhance farmer equity by ensuring inclusion of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in the development, implementation, and enforcement of food and agriculture laws, rule, policies, and programs. Requires an annual report to the legislature.
Allows federal pandemic relief funds received by the State to be used to supplement payment into the county highway funds. Permits the County of Hawaii to appropriate the county's share of fuel tax revenue for the maintenance of substandard private subdivision roads that are used by the public. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Requires any person operating a vehicle with an ignition interlock to have government issued identification in their immediate possession. Expands the offense of circumventing or tampering with an ignition interlock to include obscuring the camera lens or not providing a picture of the driver. Establishes a new fine for those who operate or assume actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol content of .05-.08. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Establishes two additional marginal tax rates for joint filers whose income exceeds $10,000,000 and $25,000,000, head of households whose income exceeds $7,500,000 and $18,750,000, individuals whose income exceeds $5,000,000 and $12,500,000, and estates and trusts that have income exceeding $200,000 and $500,000, respectively. Establishes a working group within the Department of Taxation to develop a proposal for a state wealth tax. Takes effect on 7/30/2075. (SD1)
Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the development and construction of permanent supportive housing for certain vulnerable individuals. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to consider the construction of permanent supportive housing for any available federal low-income housing tax credits. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Establishes within the Department of Agriculture, an Aquacultural Area Lease Program for the purpose of identifying state facilities, state lands, and state marine waters that are suitable for use as commercial agricultural areas and leasing them to be used for aquaculture. Allows agencies having control and management of identified aquacultural areas to lease the facilities, lands, and waters to the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of the Act. Allows the program to use the moneys in the Aquaculture Development Special Fund to carry out the purposes of the Act and requires the revenues obtained from aquacultural area leases to be deposited into the special fund. Imposes penalties and civil and criminal liabilities. Exempts the program from being subject to the Hawaii Ocean and Submerged Lands Leasing Act. (SD1)
Requires the Department of Transportation Harbors Division to conduct a comprehensive study examining increased commercial activity at Kalaeloa Harbor to support the offloading of additional cargo containers and livestock transportation. Makes an appropriation. (SD1)
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to establish a working group to conduct a study to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow residents of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, and rural areas of the City and County of Honolulu, including residents with disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings. Requires a report to the Legislature. Dissolves the working group on 6/30/2023. (SD1)
