Bill Text: HI HB2270 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to firearms
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-23 - (H) Referred to PBM, JUD, referral sheet 6 [HB2270 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2270-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to firearms.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 134-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§134-11 Exemptions. (a) Sections 134-7 to 134-9 and 134-21 to 134-27, except section 134-7(f), shall not apply:
(1) To state and county law enforcement officers; provided that such persons are not convicted of an offense involving abuse of a family or household member under section 709-906;
(2) To separated state and county law enforcement officers; provided that such persons comply with title 18 United States code section 926C.
[(2)](3) To members of the armed forces
of the State and of the United States and mail carriers while in the
performance of their respective duties if those duties require them to be
armed;
[(3)](4) To regularly enrolled members
of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive the weapons from the
United States or from the State; provided the members are either at, or going
to or from, their places of assembly or target practice;
[(4)](5) To persons employed by the
State, or subdivisions thereof, or the United States while in the performance
of their respective duties or while going to and from their respective places
of duty if those duties require them to be armed;
[(5)](6) To aliens employed by the
State, or subdivisions thereof, or the United States while in the performance
of their respective duties or while going to and from their respective places
of duty if those duties require them to be armed; and
[(6)](7) To police officers on official
assignment in Hawaii from any state which by compact permits police officers
from Hawaii while on official assignment in that state to carry firearms
without registration. The governor of the State or the governor's duly
authorized representative may enter into compacts with other states to carry
out this paragraph.
(b) Sections 134-2 and 134-3 shall not apply to such firearms or ammunition that are a part of the official equipment of any federal agency.
(c) Sections 134-8, 134-9, and 134-21 to 134-27, shall not apply to the possession, transportation, or use, with blank cartridges, of any firearm or explosive solely as props for motion picture film or television program production when authorized by the chief of police of the appropriate county pursuant to section 134-2.5 and not in violation of federal law."
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.
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Report Title:
Relating to firearms
Description:
Allows retired state and county law enforcement officers to continue to carry concealed weapons if in compliance with the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
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