REPORT TITLE:
Criminal


DESCRIPTION:
Raises threshold dollar amount for theft in the second degree
from $300 to $750.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THEFT.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 708-831, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(1)  A person commits the offense of theft in the second
 
 4 degree if the person commits theft:
 
 5      (a)  Of property from the person of another;
 
 6      (b)  Of property or services the value of which exceeds
 
 7           [$300;] $750;
 
 8      (c)  Of an aquaculture product or part thereof from premises
 
 9           that is fenced or enclosed in a manner designed to
 
10           exclude intruders or there is prominently displayed on
 
11           the premises a sign or signs sufficient to give notice
 
12           and reading as follows:  "Private Property"; or
 
13      (d)  Of agricultural equipment, supplies, or products, or
 
14           part thereof, the value of which exceeds $100 but does
 
15           not exceed $20,000, from premises that are fenced,
 
16           enclosed, or secured in a manner designed to exclude
 
17           intruders or there is prominently displayed on the
 
18           premises a sign or signs sufficient to give notice and
 
19           reading as follows:  "Private Property."  The sign or
 

 
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 1           signs, containing letters not less than two inches in
 
 2           height, shall be placed along the boundary line of the
 
 3           land in a manner and in such position as to be clearly
 
 4           noticeable from outside the boundary line."
 
 5      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 6 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 7      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
 8 
 
 9                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________