HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1862
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC ORDER.

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

     SECTION 1.  Act 84, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, as amended by Act 77, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2A. The Honolulu police department is requested to prepare a report on the offense of urinating and defecating in public within the boundaries of the downtown Honolulu area established by this Act that shall include but not be limited to:

(1) The effectiveness of the offense established by this Act in deterring the conduct proscribed; and

(2) The number of citations issued for this offense for the two years preceding the date of the report;

provided that the Honolulu police department is requested to submit the report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2012 regular session."

     SECTION 2.  Act 84, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, as amended by section 1 of Act 77, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, is amended by amending section 5 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall be repealed on December 31, [2012.] 2014."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

Report Title:

Public Order; Public Urination and Defecation

Description:

Changes the sunset date to December 31, 2014, on the prohibition against urinating or defecating in public within the boundaries of downtown Honolulu.  Requests the Honolulu police department to prepare and submit to the legislature a report regarding the effectiveness of the prohibition.  (HB1862 CD1)

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