Report Title:
Electric Guns; Restrictions
Description:
Permits county departments of liquor control investigators to possess electric guns.(HB3355 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3355 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 134-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§134-16 Restriction on possession,
sale, gift, or delivery of electric guns. (a) [It] Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (c), it shall be unlawful for any person,
including a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, to
possess, offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, give, lend, or deliver any
electric gun.
(b) Any electric gun in violation of subsection (a) shall be confiscated and disposed of by the chief of police.
(c) This section shall not apply to law
enforcement officers [of county police and sheriff departments] of this
State[,] or vendors providing electric guns to those entities; provided
that electric guns shall at all times remain in the custody and control of the
county police [or sheriff departments.], the departments of liquor
control, and the department of public safety.
(d) The county police [and sheriff
departments of this State], the departments of liquor control, and the
department of public safety shall maintain records regarding every electric
gun in their respective custody and control. [Such] The
records shall report every instance [of usage of the] in which an
electric [guns; in particular, records] gun is used and shall be
maintained in a similar manner as for [those of discharging of firearms.]
the discharge of a firearm. The county police [and sheriff
departments], the departments of liquor control, and the department of
public safety shall annually report to the legislature regarding these
records twenty days before the beginning of each session.
(e) For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement officers" includes any police officer employed by a county police department, any investigator employed by a county department of liquor control under section 281-17(a)(5), or any sheriff or deputy sheriff under the control or jurisdiction of the department of public safety, pursuant to section 26-14.6."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.