Requires county and municipal planning organizations to incorporate transportation mode share targets into county and municipal plans.
Allows the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate Route H-1 by all vehicles, regardless of the number of occupants, after 8:30 a.m.
Authorizes a county that has established a county surcharge on state tax to make the surcharge permanent. Requires that a mass transit project funded by county surcharges be extended beyond its initial route. Requires that 50% of county surcharges collected be deposited into the state highway fund.
Requires DOT to contract for a study on the feasibility of establishing a harbor or port at Kapoho bay on the island of Hawaii.
Appropriates funds for grants to maintain and expand the weed and seed strategy, which is a collaborative effort to reclaim, restore, and rebuild communities.
Establishes a clean transportation fee to be paid from a tax on fuel sales. Establishes the zero emissions vehicle infrastructure special fund to be funded by a percentage of the clean transportation fee for the purpose of expediting the development of electric charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure throughout the State to enable and promote the use of zero emissions vehicles. Establishes the zero emissions vehicle rebate special fund to provide rebates for the purchase of new zero emissions vehicles within the State so long as funds are available.
Establishes a student exchange program compact between the University of Northern Philippines or Ilocos Sur Community College, or both, and the University of Hawaii school of travel industry management. Requires reports to the Legislature.
Bans knowingly selling in the State personal care products containing oxybenzone or octinoxate, except for medically-licensed prescriptions. Takes effect on 10/1/2017.
Clarifies that restitution collections that are made pursuant to chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when a criminal defendant is in the custody of the department of public safety include deductions from the defendant's account at the rate and in the manner established pursuant to section 353-22.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires a court-ordered restitution payment schedule to (1) set forth the foregoing requirements and (2) require, at minimum, monthly payments of 25% of the defendant's gross monthly income until restitution has been paid in full.
Requires adult family boarding homes and private homes that provide healthcare to the elderly or disabled to be licensed by the Department of Health. Establishes fines for operating an adult residential care home, adult family boarding home or private home that provides healthcare to elderly or disabled individuals who are unrelated to the caregiver family by blood, marriage, or adoption, or hospice home without a license.
