Appropriates funds for a state civil service position to effectively track and monitor funds and expenditures related to habitat conservation plans and perform other tasks to benefit the recovery of threatened and endangered species.
Removes agricultural buildings located in a special flood hazard area from the exemptions from building permit and building code requirements.
Requires the department of education to set a standard for retention of student records, including in electronic format, of not less than one hundred years. Allows the department of education to partner with the Hawaii correctional industries program to establish a three-year student records modernization pilot project. (SB1100 HD1)
Permits the installation of clotheslines in any residential dwelling, apartment, condominium, or townhouse, under certain conditions. Defines a reasonable restriction on the placement and use of clotheslines as any restriction that is necessary to protect public health and safety, buildings from damage, historic or aesthetic values, or shorelines under certain circumstances.
Authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds to finance capital improvements to the Waiahole Irrigation System. (SD1)
Appropriates moneys from the general fund for two specialist II positions within the Hawaii teacher standards board. (SB195 HD1)
Specifies that 0.5 per cent of the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax shall be used to reimburse the State for costs associated with handling the assessment, collection, and disposition of the county surcharge on state tax and 9.5 per cent of the gross proceeds shall be used for improvements to infrastructure, street, and trails and bike paths along the rail corridor.
Establishes a reimbursement transportation cost payment program within the DOA for geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to reimburse eligible producers with a portion of the cost to transport eligible commodities or inputs used to produce an eligible commodity. Appropriates funds to the DOA for the program. Appropriates funds for 1.0 FTE program coordinator position. (SD1)
Exempts the gross proceeds of any qualified small farmer from the general excise tax. Repeals on 1/1/2023. (SD1)
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.
