Proposes a constitutional amendment to allow each gubernatorial nominee to appoint, prior to the primary election, a person from the same political party as a running mate for lieutenant governor in the primary election.
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Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to procure, install, and operate a machine or system to clean trash out of the Ala Wai canal.
Requires the Department of Education to equip all classroom doors with interior locks by January 1, 2020, to connect all interior and exterior school locations via intercom, and to monitor all school perimeters not secured by a physical barrier. Authorizes establishment of an emergency management plan aligned with federal guidelines for all schools to prepare for and respond to an emergency or a disaster. Establishes a school safety facial recognition pilot program. Appropriates funds for purposes of this Act.
Requires recounts of election votes when the margin of victory is less than two hundred fifty votes or less than one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is less.
Excepts from the definition of historic property any private residence that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii register of historic places. Clarifies that nothing in section 6E-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be construed to require review by the department of land and natural resources for a project on a private residence fifty or more years old that has not been entered, or nominated by the owner of the residence for entry, onto the Hawaii register of historic places.
Includes tips or gratuities paid directly to an individual by a customer of the employer and reported or declared to the employer under the definition of income withheld by employers for payments of child or spousal support.
Requires DLNR to establish a two-year pilot program to install sunscreen dispensers at Hanauma Bay and Waikiki beaches to provide sunscreens without oxybenzone or octinoxate to visitors and educate visitors on the harmful effects of oxybenzone and octinoxate on the marine environment. Appropriates funds for the pilot program.
Repeals the criminal forfeiture fund and requires fifty per cent of the total forfeited property and the sale proceeds thereof collected pursuant to state forfeiture laws to be deposited into the general fund.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to study and recommend how to implement a smart imports program in Hawaii. Requires electric utilities to offer excess electricity to consumers during daylight hours at cost for any legal purpose beginning 1/1/2021.
Changes driver's licensing requirement for operation of autocycles. (SB2099 HD1)