Increases the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act tier II filing fee from $100 to $200 to provide needed preparedness resources to local area planning committees.
Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney for Hawaii County Career Criminal Prosecution Unit.
Restricts management fees to an amount that reflects a reasonable value for services rendered. Requires that condominium property managers, associations of apartment owners, and planned community associations make association documents available to owners under reasonable terms, including through a property management company's or association's website, if one exists, and for reasonable costs.
Appropriates funds for grants-in-aid to the counties for assistance with identifying and mapping important agricultural lands.
Establishes and funds an anti-graffiti program coordinator position under the office of the lieutenant governor and funds an anti-graffiti program for the use of cameras and high resolution photos to detect taggers on state property. Repeals on July 1, 2020.
Exempts housing projects where at least a portion of the units are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income from county, highway, and school impact fees.
Extends the time period in which the department of agriculture may certify important agricultural lands qualified agricultural cost tax credit.
Specifies that 0.5 per cent of the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax shall be used to reimburse the State for costs associated with handling the assessment, collection, and disposition of the county surcharge on state tax and 9.5 per cent of the gross proceeds shall be used for improvements to infrastructure, street, and trails and bike paths along the rail corridor.
Requires police commissions to establish and police officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires DPS to establish and public safety officers to complete training programs on cultural competency and implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires police commissions to ensure that all full-time police officers receive crisis intervention training related to interaction with persons with mental disabilities. Requires police commissions to establish policies for officer interaction with persons with mental disabilities and homeless persons.
Repeals the requirement that passenger cars obtain a certificate of inspection.
