Allows the works of art special fund to be used for arts programs in public schools and the University of Hawaii system.
Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii Intercollegiate Athletic Program.
Requires the department of health to create and maintain an online information portal making available to the public by January 1, 2018, the information published annually in the Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hawaii report. Requires the department to update the portal annually.
Transfers responsibility for approval, inspection, and quarantine of aquaculture livestock from the plant quarantine branch within the division of plant industry of the department of agriculture to the division of animal industry of the department of agriculture.
Appropriates funds as a grant to the Hawaiian International Billfish Association for the purpose of conducting the 58th Annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament.
Prohibits electric utilities from installing power connections or transferring accounts or services without owner or occupant consent.
Creates of an office of Native Hawaiian health within the department of health. Establishes the Native Hawaiian health fund. Allocates a percentage of the transient accommodations tax to be deposited into the Native Hawaiian health fund.
Establishes that state medical use of marijuana as defined in section 329-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, does not violate the federal classification of marijuana or federal marijuana regulations.
Changes drug paraphernalia use, possession, and delivery offenses from felonies to civil violations.
Establishes a two-year agricultural theft and vandalism pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii. Appropriates funds.
