Bill Text: HI HB171 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Property Crimes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-01 - Act 020, 05/28/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1120). [HB171 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB171-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PROPERTY CRIMES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1.
The legislature finds that Hawai‘i has a high property crime
rate, and law enforcement officers are tasked with locating, identifying, and recovering
stolen property, and returning the stolen property to the rightful owner. The legislature also finds that existing law
does not adequately address situations in which an offender takes the property
of another and subsequently sells the stolen item to a pawnbroker or secondhand
dealer, as described in chapter 486M, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Criminals have successfully profited from selling
or pawning property that was stolen from homes or vehicles and have disguised these
transactions as legitimate business dealings. The legislature intends to ensure that pawnbrokers
and secondhand dealer businesses, as potential purchasers of these goods, are
transparent and fully accountable for all of their respective business
dealings.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to clarify the state of mind required for section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to deter movement of stolen property and extend penalties to any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly violates certain laws relating to pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers.
SECTION 2. Section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§486M-7 Penalties. Any dealer, or any
agent, employee, or representative of a dealer who intentionally, knowingly,
or recklessly violates any of the provisions of sections 486M-2, 486M-3, or
486M-4, or who refuses to allow the inspection provided for in section 486M-5,
and any person who offers or records information [which] that is
required under section 486M‑2 that the person knows or has reason to know
is false, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Any dealer, or any agent, employee, or representative of a dealer
who is convicted for a second violation of any provision of this chapter shall,
in addition to the foregoing penalty, be permanently prohibited from engaging
in the business of buying or selling of precious or semiprecious metals or precious
or semiprecious gems or any article."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Honolulu Police Department Package; Penal Code; Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Dealers; Penalties
Description:
Changes the state of mind required for section 486M-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, penalties to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly. (SD2)
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