Exempts the State and its departments and agencies that maintain or operate a stormwater management system that is interconnected to a county stormwater system from county stormwater user fees. Prohibits each county from denying services to the State or its departments or agencies by reason of nonpayment of user fees.
Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for all offices by fifty per cent. Increases the maximum amount of public funds available for a candidate for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from $1,500 to ten per cent of the expenditure limit for each election. Increases the amounts of qualifying contributions for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from more than $1,500 to more than $5,000 in the aggregate. Provides a downward adjustment of the amounts of qualifying contributions for the Office of Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaiʻi, and County of Kauai and for the Office of County Council for the County of Maui. Appropriates unspecified sums for the increase in the Partial Public Financing Program. Appropriates $200,000 for the Campaign Spending Commission to hire two additional staff members. (SD1)
Authorizes each county to establish a higher minimum wage than the state minimum wage.
Meets federal requirements on fraudulent activity relating to Commercial Learner's Permits (CLP) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDL).
Appropriates funds for the development of the First Responders Technology Campus and Cybersecurity Data Center. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
Amends chapter 138, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, to add the director of the Department of Law Enforcement or the director's designee as a member of the Enhanced 911 Board.
Amends Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2022, to modify the transfer of the personnel and functions of the Department of the Attorney General to the Department of Law Enforcement, clarify that Act 278 does not amend or abrogate the Attorney General's status as the Chief Legal and Law Enforcement Officer of the State, specify that the Statewide Law enforcement Training Complex will be located at the First Responder Technology Campus rather than the Mililani Technology Park, and transfer the responsibility and management of certain private security contracts under section 26-14.6, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, from the Department of Law Enforcement to the Department of Defense, the Department of Health, and the Department of Human Services for their respective facilities.
Provides that a person having professional-level government employment performing lawful experience in review of engineered plans and calculations under the direct supervision of an applicably licensed engineer is eligible for licensure as a professional engineer.
Establishes a Targeted Violence Prevention program within the state Office of Homeland Security. Mandates reporting by state and county government agencies regarding specific enumerated activity. Establishes the all-threats or all-hazards statewide reporting and analysis system. Mandates reporting by state and county government agencies regarding specific enumerated activity. Creates two new analyst position and appropriates money for the program.
Formally establishes the Hawaiʻi State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security to be transferred to the Department of Law Enforcement and delineates its roles and responsibilities.
