Sen. Rosalyn H. Baker

Provides for the term expiration of a holdover member of a board or commission at the end of the first regular legislative session following the expiration of the member's term. Requires the Governor to appoint an individual to fill all board and commission vacancies within one hundred eighty days. Authorizes the President of the Senate to nominate a successor member for a board or commission in certain circumstances. Limits holdover appointments in certain respects. Requires department heads to inform the Governor of any vacancy in any board or commission. Makes conforming amendments. (SD1)

Requires any person operating a vehicle with an ignition interlock to have government issued identification in their immediate possession. Expands the offense of circumventing or tampering with an ignition interlock to include obscuring the camera lens or not providing a picture of the driver. Establishes a new fine for those who operate or assume actual physical control of a motor vehicle while having a blood alcohol content of .05-.08. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)

Makes an emergency appropriation to the City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply for emergency operations, future planning, and remediation resulting from the contamination of the Southern Oahu Basal Aquifer; provided that the Department of Health seeks to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Navy to reimburse the full amount of the appropriation. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)

Limits the Department of Transportation's use of facial imaging and thermal scanning systems to certain specified situations. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Allows any county or state agency responsible for maintenance of a highway to recover from the owner or driver of a vehicle the actual cost of removal of materials dropped or spilled on the highway. Makes an appropriation to the Department of Transportation for signage to inform the public about laws relating to littering.

Establishes a wealth asset tax of one per cent of the state net worth of each individual taxpayer who holds $20,000,000 or more in assets in the State. Takes effect 7/30/75. (SD1)

Clarifies existing and establishes new grant application process and eligibility requirements for organizations, including nonprofit organizations, that may receive a grant from the State. (SD1)

Establishes a criminal statute for the criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property punishable as a misdemeanor.

Establishes within the Department of Agriculture, an Aquacultural Area Lease Program for the purpose of identifying state facilities, state lands, and state marine waters that are suitable for use as commercial agricultural areas and leasing them to be used for aquaculture. Allows agencies having control and management of identified aquacultural areas to lease the facilities, lands, and waters to the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of the Act. Allows the program to use the moneys in the Aquaculture Development Special Fund to carry out the purposes of the Act and requires the revenues obtained from aquacultural area leases to be deposited into the special fund. Imposes penalties and civil and criminal liabilities. Exempts the program from being subject to the Hawaii Ocean and Submerged Lands Leasing Act. (SD1)

Establishes a task force to investigate the environmental, infrastructure, public health, and economic consequences of the Red Hill water crisis and include a recommendation plan that also considers water rationing. Appropriates funds. (SD1)