REPORT TITLE:
Bodily Injury


DESCRIPTION:
Amends definition of substantial bodily injury to delete the
requirement that a concussion be "serious".

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           935
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 707-700, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending the definition of "substantial bodily injury"
 
 3 to read as follows:
 
 4      ""Substantial bodily injury" means bodily injury [which]
 
 5 that causes:
 
 6      (1)  A major avulsion, laceration, or penetration of the
 
 7           skin;
 
 8      (2)  A chemical, electrical, friction, or scalding burn of
 
 9           second degree severity;
 
10      (3)  A bone fracture;
 
11      (4)  A [serious] concussion; or
 
12      (5)  A tearing, rupture, or corrosive damage to the
 
13           esophagus, viscera, or other internal organs."
 
14      SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that
 
15 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
 
16 begun, before its effective date.
 
17      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
18 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________