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in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 28, 2019

HB 1472: RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

Allows a transient accommodations broker to register as a tax collection agent for its operators and plan managers. Requires operators and plan managers to provide a statement to the transient accommodations broker confirming compliance with all applicable land use and tax laws. Requires the operator or plan manager to provide verification of compliance with state and county land use laws. Requires an operator or plan manager to remove a transient accommodation advertisement upon notice that the property is not in compliance with state law or county ordinance. Establishes a 1-time amnesty program for certain delinquent transient accommodations and general excise tax obligations. Authorizes counties to require the disgorgement of profits obtained through unlawful actions. Authorizes counties to adopt ordinances to amortize or phase out transient accommodations. Allocates up to $1,000,000 of TAT revenues to each county, contingent upon the county establishing a process to provide verification of compliance by an operator or plan manager with county land use laws. Makes it unlawful for transient accommodations brokers to engage in business with operators or plan managers or property managers or activity providers that are not in compliance with all state laws and county ordinances. Makes it unlawful for a hosting platform to provide, and collect a fee for, booking services regarding transient accommodations that are not lawfully certified, registered, or permitted under applicable county ordinance.
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 28, 2019

HB 1155: RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

Amends the offense of unsworn falsification to authorities to include knowingly making a false statement, in oral, written, printed, or electronic form, to a public servant engaged in criminal, civil, or administrative enforcement activity pursuant to the public servant's investigative or inspection authority.
Bert Kobayashi (D) Sean Quinlan (D) Val Okimoto (R) Cedric Gates (D) Aaron Ling Johanson (D)
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 28, 2019

HB 879: RELATING TO FIREARMS.

Clarifies that failure to register a firearm within the required time period does not relieve the owner of the duty to register the firearm. Allows the owner of an unregistered firearm to register the firearm thereafter without penalty.
Cedric Gates (D) Gregg Takayama (D)
in committee · Hawaii · House Jan 28, 2019

HB 853: RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Establishes penalties and fines for the knowing capture, taking, possession, abuse, entanglement, or killing of sharks in state marine waters. Expands existing prohibition on knowingly capturing or killing manta rays to include all rays and to include taking, possession, abuse, and entanglement of rays.
Bert Kobayashi (D) Sean Quinlan (D) Cedric Gates (D) Chris Lee (D) Nicole Lowen (D)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 28, 2019

SB 1265: RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Amends section 329-104(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Public Safety, Narcotics Enforcement Division Administrator to disclose, at his discretion, confidential information from the Electronic Prescription Accountability System, more commonly known as the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, to authorized employees of the State of Hawaii Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch.
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 28, 2019

SB 779: RELATING TO MARIJUANA.

Prohibits the provision of marijuana and related compounds to minors under eighteen. Prohibits minors under eighteen from purchasing marijuana or related compounds. Prohibits cultivation of marijuana on state or county property. Authorizes cultivation of marijuana on private property under certain conditions. Prohibits sharing proceeds from marijuana cultivation with criminal groups. Establishes fines for violations. Repeals other criminal penalties related to possession, cultivation, distribution, and use of marijuana and related compounds.
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