HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1859
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to sidewalks.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 711-1105, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (1) and (2) to read as follows:

     "(1)  A person commits the offense of obstructing if, having no legal privilege to do so, the person knowingly or recklessly obstructs any highway or public passage, including any sidewalk, whether alone or with others.

     (2)  A person in a gathering commits the offense of obstructing if the person refuses to obey a reasonable request or order by a law enforcement officer to move:

    (a)   To prevent obstruction of a highway or other public passage[;], including any sidewalk; or

    (b)   To maintain public safety by dispersing those gathered in dangerous proximity to a public hazard."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Sidewalks; Obstructing

Description:

Clarifies that sidewalks are among the public passages that shall not be knowingly or recklessly obstructed.

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