Repeals all criminal penalties regarding marijuana except with regard to furnishing marijuana to a minor. Requires courts to expunge a person's criminal record for a marijuana conviction if that charge was the only charge emanating from a single set of facts and circumstances.
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Assesses a $10 motor vehicle importation fee for each motor vehicle that is imported into the State, due to the county that is the final destination of the vehicle. Provides that revenue from the motor vehicle importation fee shall be expended for the disposal of abandoned vehicles.
Changes the kindergarten start age from five years of age by July 31 to five years of age by December 31.
Requires members in planned community associations subject to HRS 421J and unit owners in condominiums subject to HRS 514B to register units leased as transient accommodations. Requires associations to submit annual reports to county planning departments and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT). Requires DBEDT to submit annual reports to the Legislature.
Appropriates funds to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for operation of its twenty-four-hour emergency room.
Establishes a tax credit of an unspecified percentage of the actual cost, including installation, water meter, and permitting fees, not to exceed an unspecified amount, for an automatic fire sprinkler system installed in any dwelling unit used only for residential purposes.
Requires the department of health to coordinate with each county water and sewage department to establish a low interest loan program for the upgrade or conversion of cesspools in each county to aerobic treatment unit systems.
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health to provide the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center with funding for 1 FTE advanced practice registered nurse position and various infrastructure improvements for its school-based health center at Nanakuli High and Intermediate School.
Authorizes schools to accept donations in exchange for naming rights of school buildings, facilities, equipment, and fixtures.
Requires the department of transportation and the county transportation departments to adopt a vision zero policy that seeks to prevent and ultimately eliminate all traffic fatalities through a combination of engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency response strategies that focus on equity. Establishes a temporary working group to develop an action plan and review certain specified traffic policies and guidelines. Reports to legislature in 2020 and 2021. Appropriates funds.