Amends the date of filing of monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual general excise tax returns from the 20th day of the respective applicable month to the last day of the month. Applies to tax periods beginning after 12/31/17. (SD1)
Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to establish and maintain an online database of all reports to the legislature made by the judiciary and each department, board, commission, or officer of the State or any of its political subdivisions. Requires the website be online and accessible to the public by 1/1/2018.
Amends definition of RME as used in the contractors law to clarify responsibilities.
Provides that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws. (SB1229 HD1)
Appropriates funds for a post-secondary distance learning center in the Puna district within Hawaii Community College. Requires status report to the Legislature. (SB826 HD1)
Amends the solar water heater mandate to ensure that the variance for a demand water heater may only be granted if solar water heating is impracticable and cost-prohibitive, and if no renewable energy technology system can be substituted for use as the primary energy source for heating water. Clarifies that a request for a variance for a demand water heater may only be granted if the applicant attests that the applicant will also be the resident-owner of the home.
Clarifies the process, including payment obligations, mediation requirements, and triggers for further default, where a condo unit owner and association reach a payment plan to resolve a nonjudicial foreclosure. Establishes procedures providing condo owners with the right to submit disputed legal fees, penalties or fines, late fees, lien filing fees, or other charges, except for common expense assessments, to the mediation process prior to payment.
Appropriates funds for the land use commission to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner IV position to monitor and ensure compliance of any conditions required by the land use commission regarding land use within the four major land use districts. (SD1)
Prohibits counties from charging for automatic fire sprinkler or automatic fire sprinkler system inspections in any HHFDC housing projects. Makes permanent the prohibition on counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in new or existing one or twofamily dwelling units used only for residential purposes. Repeals the prohibition on counties from requiring installation or retrofitting of automatic fire sprinklers in nonresidential agricultural and aquacultural buildings and structures located outside an urban area. Takes effect on June 29, 2017.
Establishes that for a second offense that occurs within five years, rather than one year, of the first conviction of the offense of abuse of a family or household member is a misdemeanor and the person shall be termed a "repeat offender". Establishes that a third or subsequent offense that occurs within five, rather than two, years of a second or subsequent conviction of the offense is a class C felony and allows the prosecution to use prior convictions of the offense of abuse of a family or household member as evidence in the instant offense committed by a repeat offender. Requires the court to immediately order the defendant incarcerated to serve the mandatory sentence imposed for failure to complete the domestic violence intervention program or violation of any other condition of a sentence imposed pursuant to a deferred acceptance of guilty plea or nolo contendere plea. Requires the judiciary, in cooperation with the prosecutor of each county and police department of each county, to annually compile and report on statistics regarding arrests, charges, convictions, and other dispositions based on the offense of abuse of a family or household member. Repeals and reenacts the offense of abuse of a family or household member on 6/30/2020. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
