HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1458
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to offenses against public administration.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 710-1021, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:

     "(1)  A person commits the offense of escape in the second degree if [the]:

(a) The person intentionally escapes from a correctional or detention facility or from custody[.]; or

(b) The person knowingly fails to appear at a correctional facility or detention facility by the time and date ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, for the service of a term of custody or confinement ordered by the court."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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Report Title:

Public Safety; Escape

Description:

Expands the offense of escape in the second degree to include persons who fail to present themselves to a correctional facility or detention facility at the time and date ordered by the court.

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