Establishes a state capitol tours program within the Legislature's Public Access Room. Appropriates funds.
Requires original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make documentation, parts, and tools available to independent repair providers and owners for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, and repair on fair and reasonable terms.
Prohibits homeowner associations and restrictive covenants from preventing the use or installation of energy efficient technologies. Imposes a fine on private entities that do not comply with prohibitions on preventing the use or installation of energy efficient technologies.
Establishes criteria by which a county director of wastewater treatment systems can determine catastrophic failure of existing wastewater treatment facilities. Authorizes county governments to enter into private-public partnerships to fund, design, build, and operate new wastewater treatment and resource recovery facilities in the event of catastrophic failure. Allows each county to contract certain services in certain cases to prevent catastrophic failure of existing wastewater treatment facilities. Amends the definition of "resource recovery facility" to encompass other resources such as reusable water or recoverable gas.
Requires agencies to appoint an officer or employee to be responsible for ensuring that all requests for access to government records for which disclosure is required are complied with in a timely manner. Requires the appointed officer or employee for each agency to prepare a monthly report that identifies all the requests for access to government records each agency received.
Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to prepare a form to be distributed to all travelers to Hawaii informing them of the mission of the department of Hawaiian home lands and including an option to contribute a sum earmarked for the development of infrastructure and residential lots on Hawaiian home lands.
Directs the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife to conduct a study of flood hazards and stream management in Waiahole Valley. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Prohibits a landlord from bringing a summary proceeding for possession or otherwise remove a tenant from any housing accommodation unless the landlord can establish with the court certain grounds as good cause for possession. Establishes provisions for rent control.
Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to conduct a study on the capacity of potable and non-potable water in various regions in the county of Maui to determine whether there is sufficient capacity for the county to expand its affordable housing supply.
Bans the sale of flavored tobacco products and mislabeled e-liquid products. Effective 1/1/2023.
