Requires each motor vehicle insurance policy to cover the replacement cost of a child passenger restraint system damaged during a collision for which liability coverage under the policy is applicable.
Removes the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism from membership on the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Board.
Appropriates the function of the State Health Planning and Developmental Agency with the Department of Health. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Establishes positions.
Requires the Department of Agriculture to indemnify Molokai ranchers whose herds were affected by the bovine tuberculosis outbreak and have not received indemnification from other sources. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Makes an appropriation.
Establishes a statute of repose for land surveyors, after which time a complaint cannot be made.
Renames the John A. Burns School of Medicine special fund as the physician and veterinarian special fund. Expands the authorized uses of the special fund to include providing loan repayments to veterinarians and scholarships for students attending a veterinary college; provided that the recipient commits to work in the State for a period of time determined by the Hawaiʻi Board of Veterinary Medicine. Requires the Hawaiʻi Board of Veterinary Medicine to establish a loan repayment and scholarship program. Assesses a fee on persons obtaining or renewing a veterinarian license. Provides for the deposit of the fee into the physician and veterinarian special fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the physician and veterinarian special fund. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling.
Allows for the use of fine meshed nets for the protection of plants against invasive species.
Requires any person responsible for news and social media reports based on government records received under Hawaiʻi’s Uniform Information Practices Act to respond to record requests in the same manner as an agency under chapter 92F, HRS, with exceptions.
Authorizes the issuance of $55,000,000 in general obligation bonds for the purpose of assisting the Korean War Foundation, Inc., with the acquisition of land and the planning, design, and construction of a war memorial hall within the Aiea (Rainbow) Bay State Recreation Area.
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to construct a mental health facility for inmates or detainees with mental health needs. Appropriates funds.
