REPORT TITLE:
Crime/Emergency Interference


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes interference with the reporting of an emergency or
crime as a petty misdemeanor.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2073
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CRIME.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 710, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "�710-    Interference with the reporting of an emergency or
 
 5 crime.  (1)  A person commits the offense of interference with
 
 6 the reporting of an emergency or crime if the person knowingly
 
 7 interrupts, disrupts, impedes, interferes with, prevents, or
 
 8 hinders the reporting of a crime, the placing of a call to 911,
 
 9 emergency medical service, or state or federal law enforcement
 
10 authorities.
 
11      (2)  Interference with the reporting of an emergency or
 
12 crime is a petty misdemeanor."
 
13      SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that
 
14 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
 
15 begun, before its effective date.
 
16      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
17      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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19                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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