Appropriates funds for certification of a reforestation carbon project at Haleakala, Maui, operated by DLNR, under an established forest carbon standard certification system. Requires DLNR to submit an annual report on the project certification to the legislature. (HB795 HD1)
Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop a department telephone hotline intake training program to enable the department to efficiently and effectively receive information and respond to information and reports relating to the department's duties and responsibilities. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) permanent civil service position to provide intake services for the department of land and natural resources' telephone hotline twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Amends the list of non-general funds that receive distributions from the conveyance tax by: (1) increasing the maximum dollar amount of the distribution to the land conservation fund; and (2) restoring and setting a maximum dollar amount for the distribution to the natural area reserve fund.
Establishes a working group to study implications of lowering the voting age to sixteen years old.
Appropriates funds for the two-year extension of the Post-Bypass Beach Monitoring Program of the Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor Sand Bypass Operation at Waimea, Kauai. (HB386 HD1)
Re-establishes and revitalizes the DOCARE Volunteer Officer Program by recruiting and training new officers. Appropriates funds.
Requires all places of public accommodation constructed or substantially modified after June 30, 2017 to provide baby diaper-changing accommodations that are equally accessible to men and women.
Prohibits administrative contested case hearings on applications for approvals for renewable energy production projects unless specifically required by law and requested by the applicant or another party with a constitutional right to do so for the matter. Provides for judicial review and specifies exceptions.
Requires the Department of Health to establish a working group to develop environmental management measures for State-owned lands.
Short form bill relating to the environment.
