Bill Text: HI HB171 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Property Crimes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-01 - Act 020, 05/28/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120). [HB171 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB171-Amended.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PROPERTY CRIMES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1.
The legislature finds that Hawaii has a
high property crime rate, and law enforcement officers are tasked with
locating, identifying, and recovering stolen property, and returning the stolen
property to the rightful owner. The
legislature also finds that existing law does not adequately address situations
in which an offender takes the property of another and subsequently sells the
stolen item to a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, as described in chapter 486M,
Hawaii Revised Statutes. Criminals have
successfully profited from selling or pawning property that was stolen from
homes or vehicles and have disguised these transactions as legitimate business
dealings. The legislature intends to
ensure that pawnbrokers and secondhand dealer businesses, as potential purchasers
of these goods, are transparent and fully accountable for all of their respective
business dealings.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to clarify the state of mind required for section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to deter movement of stolen property and extend penalties to any person who intentionally or knowingly violates certain laws relating to pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers.
SECTION 2. Section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§486M-7 Penalties. Any dealer, or any
agent, employee, or representative of a dealer who intentionally or knowingly
violates any of the provisions of sections 486M-2, 486M-3, or 486M-4, or
who refuses to allow the inspection provided for in section 486M-5, and any
person who offers or records information [which] that is required
under section 486M‑2 that the person knows or has reason to know is false,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any
dealer, or any agent, employee, or representative of a dealer who is
convicted for a second violation of any provision of this chapter shall, in
addition to the foregoing penalty, be permanently prohibited from engaging in
the business of buying or selling of precious or semiprecious metals or precious
or semiprecious gems or any article."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Honolulu Police Department Package; Penal Code; Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Dealers; Penalties
Description:
Changes the state of mind required for section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, penalties to intentionally or knowingly. (SD1)
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