Authorizes counties to establish a program for commissioned volunteer enforcement officers to assist their police department with specified enforcement actions within their traffic division.
Changes the renewal period for driver licenses from every two years to every four years for persons 72 years of age or older.
Establishes freedom of press protections for student journalists producing school-sponsored media or university-sponsored media unless subject to certain exceptions.
Establishes within the department of land and natural resources a Makua Valley task force to prepare for the transition of the management of the Makua military reservation from the United States Army upon the expiration of the Army's lease for the land. Requires a report to the legislature.
Requires drug manufacturers to establish and implement drug take-back programs or join drug take-back organizations for purposes of collecting and disposing of various types of prescription and nonprescription drugs. Specifies requirements for the department of public safety, covered manufacturers, drug take-back program operators, authorized collectors, and other entities who establish or participate in drug take-back programs.
Requires the employees' retirement system to reevaluate its investments in coal, oil, natural gas, oil or natural gas services, and pipeline companies and over the next five years, divest of holdings in any companies that have a majority of its holdings invested in fossil fuels, rather than clean renewable energy sources. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Establishes a road connectivity task force to assess and identify ways of improving road access in rural areas and in subdivisions with substandard roads. Requires a report to the legislature.
Requires the Hawaii emergency management agency and Hawaii tourism authority to implement a program to provide complimentary hotels rooms to certain healthcare workers and first responders who are at a higher risk of exposure to COVID19 and who want to limit the possibility of exposing their respective households and families to COVID-19.
Clarifies that persons that enter private property for recreational purposes have no cause of action, unless exempted under law. Requires a court to award attorneys' fees and costs to landowners if plaintiffs bring unreasonable claims. States that, as a matter of law, persons participating in outdoor recreational activities accept the inherent dangers in the activities.
Allows county governments to enter into private-public partnerships for the services and transferring, or joint venturing of one or more of their wastewater treatment facilities to a private entity, or its wholly owned nonprofit management entity, for the delivery of those services.
