Requires members of the county liquor commissions and liquor control adjudication boards to submit to annual criminal history record checks. Requires attorneys hired by the liquor commission or liquor control adjudication board to submit to annual criminal background checks. Removes the requirement that the liquor commission appoints and removes an administrator subject to the civil service laws. Makes final decisions by the liquor commission reviewable under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
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Transfers administrative authority, personnel, and facilities for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy currently located at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Clarifies that Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation housing projects are exempt from the Disability and Communication Access Board process under section 103-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Authorizes and provides funding for the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to participate in and contribute funding for the development of a Hawaii cyber ecosystem and related aspects of cybersecurity.
Designates the month of September of each year as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month.
Creates a narrowly defined subcategory of guards, called watchpersons, who are allowed to be unregistered for sixty days but must meet all the requirements of a guard to continue working in a guard capacity after the sixty day period.
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy for programs, studies, and activities related to early detection, prevention, and eradication of rat lungworm disease.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the establishment of a training academy for conservation and resources enforcement officers.
Prohibits the use of pesticides containing the active ingredient chlorpyrifos.
Makes an emergency appropriation to DOH to contract for services to review, certify, and recertify dialysis centers. Appropriates funds.