Report Title:

Firearms; Ammunition Magazine Capacity

Description:

Permits owner of a pistol to use any ammunition magazine authorized for use with the pistol by the manufacturer of the pistol.  Repeals the prohibition on magazines with a capacity in excess of ten rounds. (HB248 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	248
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to firearms.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 134-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  The manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazines [with a capacity in excess of ten rounds which] that are designed for or capable of use with a pistol, but are not authorized for use with the pistol by its manufacturer, is prohibited.  [This subsection shall not apply to magazines originally designed to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition which have been modified to accept no more than ten rounds and which are not capable of being readily restored to a capacity of more than ten rounds.]"

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2112.