Report Title:
Electric Guns; Restrictions; Liquor Commission Investigators
Description:
Permits county departments of liquor control investigators to possess electric guns. Defines "county liquor authorities" and "law enforcement officers".
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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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 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 county liquor
authorities, or the department of public safety, as appropriate.
(d) The county police [and sheriff
departments of this State], the county liquor authorities, or 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
county police [and sheriff departments], the county liquor
authorities, 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:
"County liquor authorities" means the county liquor commissions or liquor control adjudication board established pursuant to part II of chapter 281.
"Law enforcement officers" includes a police officer employed by a county police department, any investigator employed by a county liquor authority 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.
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