Prohibits discrimination in rental transactions based on participation in any government rental assistance program, including low-income housing assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, as amended.
Transfers functions regarding water quality, including water pollution, nonpoint source pollution management and control, drinking water standards, mandatory certification of public water system operates, and wastewater, from the Department of Health to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Increases membership on the Commission on Water Resource Management from five members to seven members. Replaces the Director of Health with the Chairperson of the Department of Hawaiian Homes Commission as an ex-officio voting member on the Commission on Water Resource Management.
Re-establishes a special action team on rental housing to issue reports on the affordable rental housing goals set forth in Act 127, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
Authorizes the issuance of bonds and appropriates funds for plans and design of a veterans' memorial, and replicas of the memorial on each neighbor island, as recommended by the Gulf War memorial task force pursuant to Act 139, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013.
Requires the Department of Health's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division to establish a Family Guidance Center office in Ka‘u in the county of Hawaii, to serve the needs of the children and youth in the southern region of the county, in addition to the offices in Waimea, Kona, and Hilo. Appropriates funds. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates funds as a grant to the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center for operation of its twenty-four-hour emergency department. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Adjusts the withholding amount for purposes of wage garnishment to five per cent of the first $200 per month, ten per cent of the next $200 per month, and twenty per cent of all sums in excess of $400 per month. (SD1)
Provides that, if the Commission on Water Resource Management fails to review a permit application relating to new water uses or new water sources for affordable housing development, and issue a decision on that application within the existing statutory period, the application is deemed to be approved. Convenes a Water Resource Management for Affordable Housing Development Working Group upon the initiation of a federal investigation or inquiry relating to the Commission on Water Resource Management to address the concerns raised by the investigation or inquiry. Requires the Auditor to submit a report on the effectiveness of this Act. Sunsets two years after the effective date of the Act.
Beginning July 1, 2022, establishes a $0.10 per drink surcharge in addition to the liquor tax.
Requires the Department of Human Services to work with the Department of Public Safety to establish a pilot visitation and family resource center at Waiawa correctional facility. Appropriates funds.
