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es, (21' 2020 HSAC Legislative Package Proposals Submitted From Each County Vice President Kagawa said torte liability legislation failed last session,as the Legislature felt the issue has already been addressed.Mr.Okudara clarified that this applies only if lifeguard works on a State beach,and that it doesn't apply to County beaches.Lifeguards needs to go to the Legislature and explain why it's not working.They are the ones that put their lives on the line. Secretary Kierkiewicz asked Vice President Kagawa that in the spirit of lifting up priorities, if each county could only have two bills,which would Kaua'i pick.Vice President Kagawa said the bill relating to highway safety and the bill relating to registration of vehicles.Treasurer King wanted to know if the funding stays on the island it was collected on.Vice President Kagawa replied that it's in the bill. Treasurer King referred to Maui's list of priorities dated 9/30.For cesspools,want reporting deadlines,to get rid of geographical limitations,and to re-up Act 120 funds for another five years as the$10,000 grants sunset. Maui wants changes to the Sunshine Law,which President Manahan cautioned this is likely not a win as it opens the conversation up to how it doesn't ap- ply to the State Legislature. Maui would like to enable counties to regulate hosting platforms as businesses;the proposed bill is modeled after Santa Monica's legislation,which penalizes ad- vertising and collecting money from illegal activities.Treasurer King is trying to get a letter from from the Attorney General that articulates counties already have the authority to do so.For inva- sive species, Maui proposed a paid response mechanism for newly detected threats.Regarding sea level rise,Maui wants money for strategies and mitigation.The intoxicants bill is police dri- ven,and proposes to lower the threshold of the blood alcohol limit; it was previously introduced by Lt.Governor Josh Green when he was in the State Senate.There is widespread support for this measure.Treasurer King noted a bill in the Housing Summit package regarding SHPD,and delegating an archaeologist in each of the counties to do reviews.Secretary Kierkiewicz asked Treasurer King the same question posed to Vice President Kagawa,about elevating the top two bills for the package.Treasurer King declined to select two noting that they're all important. President Manahan shared the proposed vaping bill before the Executive Committee was sub- mitted by Council Member Tommy Waters.Secretary Kierkiewicz asked if the bill was worked on inartnershi with Hawaii Public HealthInstitute;p lnst tute; President Manahan believed so.Vice Presi- dent Kagawa asked if Honolulu only had this one bill to submit; President Manahan saidY es. Treasurer King asked if the vaping bill was enabling legislation; President Manahan said yes,and referred to the Justification Sheet attached to the bill. Secretary Kierkiewicz shared Hawai'i County would provide a suggested approach for the coun- ties to secure more TAT and how to expend the funds via a proposal by Council Member Richards.She noted in the interest of honing in on key priorities, Hawaii County's desire to work