REPORT TITLE:
Vicious/Dangerous Animals


DESCRIPTION:
Includes in the offense of reckless endangering in the second
degree the failure to confine or destroy an animal that has
caused personal or property damage.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           715
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ANIMALS. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 707-714, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (2) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(2)  For the purposes of this section and in addition to
 
 4 other applications, a person engages in conduct which recklessly
 
 5 places another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury
 
 6 when that person [intentionally]:
 
 7      (a)  Intentionally discharges a firearm in a populated area,
 
 8           in a residential area or within the boundaries or in
 
 9           the direction of any road, street or highway; provided
 
10           that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply
 
11           to any person who discharges a firearm upon a target
 
12           range for the purpose of the target shooting done in
 
13           compliance with all laws and regulations applicable
 
14           thereto[.]; or
 
15      (b)  Is the owner or harborer of an animal and fails to
 
16           confine or destroy the animal within five days of being
 
17           notified that it has caused either personal or property
 
18           damage to any person; provided that the provisions of
 
19           this paragraph shall not apply when the actions of the
 

 
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 1           animal causing either personal or property damage fall
 
 2           within the exceptions specified in section 663-9.1."
 
 3      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 4 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
 6 
 
 7                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________