Requires the Office of Information Practices to resolve open meeting and open record complaints through either a legal determination on whether a violation occurred or guidance on the relevant legal requirements.
Directs the auditor to perform a comprehensive performance and management audit of the state historic preservation division.
Authorize the Department of Public Safety to maintain a list of independent civil process servers. Amends several statutes to allow process servers to serve specific types of legal documents. (SD1)
Establishes the safe home program to provide matching and nonmatching grants for installation of wind resistive devices to single-family, owner-occupied, residential properties in certain circumstances. Allocates a portion of the moneys earned through interest from the hurricane reserve trust fund for grants under the safe home program. Creates a temporary position within the insurance division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs to implement and administer the safe home program. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
Excludes non-voting ex-officio board members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the HART Board of Directors from being counted for purposes of quorum.
Exempts from legislative approval the sale of the leased fee interest in certain affordable leasehold developments by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
Specifies that interference with an automated public transit operation is unlawful and is a class C felony. (SD1)
Repeals the requirement that each University of Hawaii campus prepare an operations plan, to be reviewed by the President and the Vice President for Budget and Finance and the Chief Financial Officer of the University of Hawaii, for each fiscal year. Repeals the requirement that the moneys in the University of Hawaii Tuition and Fees Special Fund for each University of Hawaii campus to lapse to the credit of Program ID No. UOH900 (University of Hawaii, system wide support).
Establishes a two-year beach protection pilot program under which no vehicles are authorized to drive on the beach in Polihale state park without a permit. Requires a report to the legislature. Effective 5/6/2137. Repeals on 6/30/2023. (SD2)
Allocates a portion of the Conveyance Tax to the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to partially cover operational costs related to upholding the laws that serve to protect, conserve, and manage Hawaii's unique and limited natural, cultural, and historic resources. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
