Report Title:

Theft; Use of Computers

Description:

Amends offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime by including use of a computer to obtain control over the property of the victim or to facilitate commission of the offense of theft in the first or second degrees. (SD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2535

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY RIGHTS.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 708-893, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:

"(1) A person commits the offense of use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime if the person [knowingly]:

(a) Intentionally uses a computer to obtain control over the property of the victim to commit theft in the first or second degree; or

(b) Knowingly uses a computer to identify, select, solicit, persuade, coerce, entice, induce, or procure the victim or intended victim of the following offenses:

[(a)] (i) Section 707-726, relating to custodial interference in the first degree;

[(b)] (ii) Section 707-727, relating to custodial interference in the second degree;

[(c)] (iii) Section 707-731, relating to sexual assault in the second degree;

[(d)] (iv) Section 707-732, relating to sexual assault in the third degree;

[(e)] (v) Section 707-733, relating to sexual assault in the fourth degree;

[(f)] (vi) Section 707-751, relating to promoting child abuse in the second degree; [and] or

[(g)] (vii) Section 712-1215, relating to promoting pornography for minors."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.