HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

235

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO COLLECTION OF RESTITUTION FOR CRIME VICTIMS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 706-646, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:

     "(1)  As used in this section, "victim" includes any of the following:

    (a)   The direct victim of a crime including a business entity, trust, or governmental entity;

    (b)   If the victim dies as a result of the crime, a surviving relative of the victim as defined in chapter 351; [or]

    (c)   A governmental entity that has reimbursed the victim for losses arising as a result of the crime or paid for medical care provided to the victim as a result of the crime[.]; or

    (d)   Any duly incorporated humane society or duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, contracted with the county or State to enforce animal-related statutes or ordinances, that impounds, holds, or receives custody of a pet animal pursuant to but not limited to section 711-1109.1, 711-1109.2, or 711-1110.5."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Honolulu Prosecutor Package; Collection of Restitution for Crime Victims

 

Description:

Amends definition of "victim" in section 706-646, HRS, to include any duly incorporated humane society or duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that impounds, holds, or receives custody of a pet animal pursuant to section 711-1109.1, 711-1109.2, or 711-1110.5, HRS.

 

 

 

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