2017 Acts
ACT 197, SB491 SD1 HD1 CD1, 7/11/2017
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU Appropriates moneys to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and […]
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RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS Allows courts to authorize an individual or entity other than a sheriff deputy or an officer to provide technical assistance to the deputy sheriff or officer […]
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RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY Appropriates funds for the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning 7/1/2017 and ending 6/30/2019. Effective 7/1/2017. ACT 195, SB469 SD2 HD1 CD1
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RELATING TO STUDENT MEALS Prohibits denying a student a meal for failure to pay within: (1) The first 21 days of the first semester of a school year while the […]
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RELATING TO COUNTIES Allows the counties to make short term investments with similar authority as the state director of finance. Requires counties’ investments in bonds of any improvement district to […]
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RELATING TO SECURITY INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY Clarifies public records by amending the procedure for clearing titles by adding a reference to recorded assignments of leases and rents for which […]
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RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE Requires a health carrier with a network plan to maintain a network that includes sufficient numbers of appropriate types of providers to ensure that covered persons […]
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS Prohibits associations of apartment owners, boards of directors, managing agents, resident managers, unit owners, and persons acting on behalf of associations or unit owners from retaliating against […]
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RELATING TO INFORMATION CHARGING Authorizes all class B and C felony charges to be instituted by written information subject to specified exceptions. ACT 189, SB339 SD1 HD1 CD1
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RELATING TO COURT JURISDICTION Provides that circuit and family courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction over certain felonies under certain circumstances involving the offense of endangering the welfare of a minor […]
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RELATING TO ARBITRATION Clarifies provisions relating to required disclosures by arbitrators. ACT 187, SB314 SD1 HD1 CD1
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RELATING TO ENERGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Establishes the University of Hawaii (UH) Green Special Fund to support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability projects and services, and planning, […]
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RELATING TO DARK NIGHT SKIES PROTECTION Establishes a Dark Night Skies Protection Advisory Committee to assist the University of Hawaii in developing a statewide dark night skies protection strategy. ACT […]
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RELATING TO LIQUOR Amends statutory language on liquor license application and operating procedures for clarity. ACT 184, HB1465 HD2 SD2 CD1
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RELATING TO AGRICULTURE Requires the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to farmers to assist them in paying for the costs of compliance with the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, […]
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RELATING TO COUNTY ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY Authorizes the counties, through their employees or authorized agents, to enter private property to control or eradicate invasive species and pests. ACT 182, HB606 […]
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS Repeals chapter 514A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to condominium property regimes, and ensures that all condominiums in the State are governed under chapter 514B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, […]
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RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES Authorizes motor vehicle and boat towing options for self-service storage facilities after sixty or more days of delinquency; provided that an occupant is provided notice. […]
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RELATING TO PAYMENT OF RENT Establishes a cap of eight per cent on late rent payment fees, applicable to all new rental agreements and rental agreement renewals entered into on […]
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RELATING TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING POLICY STUDY Changes the agency responsible for preparing the federal funding policy study required under Act 225, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, from the Office […]
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