Bill Text: HI HB2454 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Critical Electrical Infrastructure.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-05-13 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [HB2454 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2454-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CRITICAL ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The
legislature finds that the security and resilience of Hawaii's critical
electrical infrastructure are fundamental to the health, safety, and welfare of
the State's residents, visitors, and employees and to the national defense of
the country. The legislature acknowledges
that modern society functions because of safe, affordable, and reliable
electrical power. The legislature
further finds that existing trespass laws do not provide a proportionate level
of protection for such a key resource.
The purpose of this Act is to
protect the public and electric utility employees, ensure reliable electrical
service in the State, and decrease damage to critical electrical infrastructure
caused by trespassing by establishing the offense of criminal trespass on
critical electrical infrastructure.
SECTION 2. Section 708‑800, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Critical electrical
infrastructure" means any facility used to support the generation,
transmission, or distribution of electricity, including but not limited to
power plants, power generation facility peakers, electric transmission
facilities, or electric stations or substations. "Critical electric infrastructure"
does not include electric transmission land or rights-of-way that are not
completely enclosed and maintained by an electric utility."
SECTION 3. Chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§708‑ Criminal trespass
on critical electrical infrastructure. (1)
A person commits the offense of criminal trespass on critical electrical
infrastructure when:
(a) The person intentionally
enters or remains unlawfully on property of a critical electrical
infrastructure with intent to commit therein a crime against a person or
against property rights, and the property is fenced or enclosed in a manner
designed to exclude intruders with posted warning signs; or
(b) The person
intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly enters or remains
unlawfully on property that belongs to a critical electrical infrastructure
company.
(2) Criminal trespass on critical electrical
infrastructure is a class C felony.
(3) Entering or remaining unlawfully on the premises of a critical electrical infrastructure shall constitute prima facie evidence of a person's intention to commit thereupon a crime against a person or property rights."
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Trespassing; Critical Electrical Infrastructure; Criminal Trespass
Description:
Establishes the offense of criminal trespass on critical electrical infrastructure. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
