Bill Text: HI SB950 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Electric Guns
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-21 - (S) Act 131, 5/21/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 589). [SB950 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB950-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 134-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§134-16 Restriction on possession, sale, gift, or delivery of electric guns. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, including a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, to possess, offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, give, lend, or deliver any electric gun.
(b) Any electric gun in violation of subsection (a) shall be confiscated and disposed of by the chief of police.
(c) This section
shall not apply to law enforcement officers of county police [and sheriff]
departments [of this State], law enforcement officers of the department
of public safety, and conservation and resources enforcement officers of the
department of land and natural resources, or 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
[or sheriff] 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.
(d) The county police
[and sheriff] departments of this [State] state, the department
of public safety, and the department of land and natural resources shall maintain
records regarding every electric gun in their custody and control. [Such]
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 [and sheriff] departments, the department
of public safety, and the department of land and natural resources shall annually
report to the legislature regarding these records no later than twenty days
before the beginning of each regular session[.] of the
legislature.
(e) The department of land and natural resources and the department of public safety shall ensure that each of their conservation and resources enforcement officers and law enforcement officers who is authorized to use an electric gun and related equipment shall first receive training from the manufacturer or from a manufacturer-approved training program, as well as by manufacturer-certified or approved instructors in the use of electric guns prior to deployment of the electric guns and related equipment in public. Training for conservation and resources enforcement officers of the department of land and natural resources and law enforcement officers of the department of public safety may be done concurrently to ensure cost savings.
(f) The conservation and resources enforcement program of the department of land and natural resources shall meet the law enforcement accreditation or recognition standards of the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., in the use of electric guns prior to obtaining electric guns, related equipment, and training for the use of the electric guns."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.
Report Title:
Electric Guns
Description:
Authorizes law enforcement officers of the Department of Public Safety and conservation and resources enforcement officers of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use electric guns and related equipment while performing their duties. Effective July 1, 2010. (CD1)
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