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". (HB941 HD1)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
941 |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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 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,]
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.] law enforcement officers.
(d) [The county police and sheriff
departments of this State] Law enforcement officers authorized by this
section to possess electric guns 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] Law enforcement officers
authorized by this section to possess electric guns 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, deputy sheriff, or narcotics enforcement officer 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.