Bill Text: HI HB1107 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: National Guard; Non-Lethal Weapons; Electric Guns
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-21 - (H) Act 144, on 6/20/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1247). [HB1107 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HB1107-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Last year, President Barack Obama selected Honolulu as the site for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting in November 2011. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is the premier forum for cooperation between Asia-Pacific economies on trade and investment issues.
The annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering is one of the world's largest intergovernmental meetings and is attended by heads of state, cabinet ministers, the heads of the World Bank and World Trade Organization, and other business leaders. This will be the largest such gathering in Hawaii's history.
Scheduled for November 12-20, 2011, the meetings will be very beneficial for Hawaii's economy, as they are expected to draw more than ten thousand people to Honolulu and will provide a boost to the State's struggling tourism industry.
High profile events, such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, carry many security concerns. With security preparations already underway, it is in the State's best interest to maximize its security resources.
The purpose of this Act is to authorize members of the Hawaii National Guard to use non-lethal weapons, including electric guns, to support civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement functions.
SECTION 2. Chapter 121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§121- Use of non-lethal weapons. Members of the army or air national guard who have been qualified by training and are authorized by their commanders may use non-lethal weapons, including as specifically provided in section 134-16(c) and (d), when assisting civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement functions; provided that "training" for the purposes of this section shall mean a course of instruction or training in the use of any non-lethal weapon authorized pursuant to this section, that is provided or authorized by the manufacturer or is manufacturer-approved or is a non-lethal weapons training program approved by the issuing military authority, prior to deployment or issuance of non-lethal weapons."
SECTION 3. Section 134-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
"(c) This
section shall not apply to [law]:
(1) Law enforcement officers of county
police departments[, law];
(2) Law enforcement officers of the
department of public safety[, and conservation];
(3) Conservation and resources
enforcement officers of the department of land and natural resources[,];
(4) Members of the army or air national guard when assisting civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement functions; or
(5) [or vendors] Vendors
providing electric guns to those entities;
provided that electric guns shall at all times
remain in the custody and control of the law enforcement officers of the county
police departments, the law enforcement officers of the department of public
safety, [or] the conservation and resources enforcement officers of the
department of land and natural resources[.], or the members of the
army or air national guard.
(d) The county
police departments of this State, the department of public safety, [and]
the department of land and natural resources, and the army and air national
guard shall maintain records regarding every electric gun in their custody
and control. The records shall report every instance of usage of the electric
guns; in particular, records shall be maintained in a similar manner as for
those of discharging of firearms. The county police departments, the
department of public safety, [and] the department of land and natural
resources, and the army and air national guard shall annually report to
the legislature regarding these records no later than twenty days before the
beginning of each regular session of the legislature."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.
Report Title:
National Guard; Non-Lethal Weapons; Electric Guns
Description:
Authorizes qualified members of the Hawaii national guard to use non-lethal weapons, including electric guns, when assisting civil authorities in disaster relief, civil defense, or law enforcement functions. Effective January 7, 2059. (HB1107 HD1)
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