Establishes a state highway patrol within the Sheriff Division of the Department of Public Safety. Appropriates moneys.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use certain reporting and accountability procedures in implementing the public land trust reporting requirements of Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to consult with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to ensure that the accounting and reporting is accurate and inclusive.
Establishes procedures for the custody, inventory, and care of protocol gifts received by legislators on behalf of the State or either house of the legislature.
Exempts the department of transportation from board of land and natural resources approval for acquisition of property that will be used for highway purposes.
Repeals the county vehicle weight tax exemption for active duty military personnel who are stationed at a military installation or assigned active military duty in the State as of January 1, 2022. Expands the county vehicle weight tax exemption to include spouses of Hawaii National Guard or military reserves members who claim Hawaii as their residence of record and disabled veterans. Increases the total number of vehicles that are qualified for the weight tax exemption under certain conditions.
Amends appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court and the intermediate appellate court to conditions as they existed prior to July 1, 2006. Reestablishes criteria for assigning appeals. Reestablishes requirement that most appeals be filed with the supreme court instead of the intermediate appellate court. Takes effect on 7/1/2020.
Requires the board of land and natural resources to prepare all studies to determine the safe removal or retirement of a dam or reservoir upon the request of a homeowner association or homeowner of property where a dam or reservoir is situated.
Includes tips or gratuities paid directly to an individual by a customer of the employer and reported or declared to the employer under the definition of income used to calculate payments of child or spousal support.
Requires coffee blend labels to disclose regional origins and percent by weight of the blended coffees. Prohibits using geographic origins of coffee in labeling or advertising for roasted or instant coffee that contains less than 51 percent coffee by weight from that geographic origin.
Proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the mandatory retirement age of seventy years for justices and judges.
