Report Title:

Sex Offenders; Sentencing

Description:

Authorizes the court to sentence certain persons convicted of sexual assault in the first degree to wear a global positioning system transmitter for up to 10 years after the person's release from prison.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2824
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to sentencing.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 707-730, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (2) to read as follows:

     "(2)  Sexual assault in the first degree is a class A felony[.]; provided that the court may require a person who is convicted under subsection (1)(a) or who has a prior conviction under this section to wear, for up to ten years after the person's release from imprisonment, a global positioning system transmitter that transmits the person's location to the Hawaii paroling authority, the department of public safety, or any county police department."

     SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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