Allows unit owners in planned community associations and homeowners associations to withhold legal fees from assessments claimed by associations pending decision in an arbitration or court proceeding in which the owner has filed for a determination of the validity of the amounts and attorney's fees claimed by the association.
Imposes a restraining order that preserves the financial assets of the parties and their dependents upon the commencement of annulment, divorce, or separation court action.
Requires that all mandatory fees charged by a transient accommodation operator to a guest or resort time share vacation plan manager to an occupant be included in the gross rental or gross rental proceeds for purposes of the transient accommodations tax. Requires operators and plan managers to identify optional fees that are not subject to the transient accommodations tax to guests and occupants when rental rates and services are disclosed or discussed.
Requires the department of transportation to install and operate public electric vehicle charging systems on Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and the Island of Hawaii. Appropriates moneys to fund installation and operation of the electric vehicle charging systems.
Requires advertisements or displays for sunscreen containing oxybenzone in the State to include a conspicuously displayed statement that the use of oxybenzone in nearshore waters poses serious hazards to coral and reef health.
Clarifies when pedestrians may enter a crosswalk equipped with a countdown timer.
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to include in its annual report the impacts of incidental take license issuances on the status and likelihood of survival of the individual species and the cumulative impacts on the full range of species of the specific island for which incidental take licenses have been issued. Appropriates funds to the department to assess the cumulative effects and detail them in its annual report.
Beginning January 1, 2018, requires all sugar-sweetened beverages to contain a warning label.
Repeals the confidentiality protection afforded under the Uniform Information Practices Act for certain information regarding misconduct of police officers that results in discharge. Requires that names of discharged or suspended police officers be disclosed in the annual report submitted by each county's police chief to the legislature.
Appropriates funds for the P4C Program of the University of Hawaii Uehiro Academy for Philosophy and Ethics in Education and for teachers of the Department of Education to train with the P4C Program.
