REPORT TITLE:
Athletic Contest Officials


DESCRIPTION:
Amends definition of "educational worker" for purpose of the
offense of assault in the 2nd degree. [SB21 HD1]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ATHLETIC CONTEST OFFICIALS. 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that athletic contest
 
 2 officials hired by the department of education for an activity
 
 3 that is established, sanctioned, or approved by the department of
 
 4 education should be treated as educational workers for the
 
 5 purpose of the law relating to assaults against educational
 
 6 workers.  Athletic contest officials are placed in a situation
 
 7 where there is an increase in the possibility of being criminally
 
 8 assaulted from their officiating of athletic events.
 
 9      SECTION 2.  Section 707-711, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
10 amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
 
11      "(1)  A person commits the offense of assault in the second
 
12 degree if:
 
13      (a)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes
 
14           substantial bodily injury to another;
 
15      (b)  The person recklessly causes serious bodily injury to
 
16           another person;
 
17      (c)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily
 
18           injury to a correctional worker, as defined in section
 
19           710-1031(2), who is engaged in the performance of duty
 
20           or who is within a correctional facility;
 

 
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 1      (d)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily
 
 2           injury to another person with a dangerous instrument;
 
 3           or
 
 4      (e)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily
 
 5           injury to an educational worker who is engaged in the
 
 6           performance of duty or who is within an educational
 
 7           facility.  For the purposes of this section,
 
 8           "educational worker" means any administrator,
 
 9           specialist, counselor, teacher, or employee of the
 
10           department of education, or a person who is a volunteer
 
11           in a school program, activity, or function that is
 
12           established, sanctioned, or approved by the department
 
13           of education or a person hired by the department of
 
14           education on a contractual basis [and engaged in
 
15           carrying out an educational function.] for a school
 
16           program, activity, or function that is established,
 
17           sanctioned, or approved by the department of education.
 
18      SECTION 3.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that
 
19 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
 
20 begun, before its effective date.
 
21      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
22 New statutory material is underscored.
 
23      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.