Removes the monetary cap for the amount of conveyance taxes collected that can be paid into the land conservation fund.
Prohibits the abandonment of lay nets used for fishing. Authorizes DLNR to issue permits for the use and possession of lay nets. Requires DLNR to establish a comprehensive, statewide lay net education and enforcement program.
Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act to require appraisals of improvements to identify the replacement cost or the leasehold market value. Grants authority to DHHL to authorize second position loans on homestead leases by approved lenders. Requires DHHL to develop and implement a loan servicing manual, subject to commission approval, to standardize loan loss mitigation policies, procedures, and methods. Clarifies that DHHL shall not cancel a lease solely based on a loan default or delinquency unless all loan loss mitigation procedures are exhausted pursuant to the loan servicing manual.
Allows the usage of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by means of electronic benefits transfer cards in all cafeterias in four-year university and community college campuses in the University of Hawaii system.
Converts the University of Hawaii Community College Promise Program from a scholarship to a loan program. Makes these loans forgivable if the recipient works in Hawaii for five years after graduation from college. Authorizes the Board of Regents to establish rules regarding the program.
Provides that family courts may withhold from public inspection any record of a denied temporary restraining order or denied protective order; provided that these records shall remain accessible to law enforcement without a court order.
Authorizes the department of land and natural resources management to co-enforce, with the United States Coast Guard, rules, standards, and requirements related to ballast-water, vessel biofouling, vessel hull in-water cleaning, and any other incidental discharges that may pose a risk for the introduction and spread of non-native aquatic organisms. Appropriates funds for staffing and operating expenditures for aquatic biosecurity.
Lowers the age of crimes against seniors to sixty years of age, and makes certain criminal offenses against seniors applicable regardless of the perpetrator's knowledge of the victim's age.
Prohibits tour vehicle operators and tour aircraft operations from conducting commercial activity on Sunday in any county of the State. Establishes penalties for violations.
Prohibits courts from requiring a monetary bail as a condition for release when a person is charged with a petty misdemeanor, a traffic violation, or an equivalent offense under county ordinance, except under certain circumstances.
