Bill Text: HI HB2755 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Burial Sites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-26 - Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 3 [HB2755 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2755-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO BURIAL SITES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to increase the penalty for the desecration of burial sites from a misdemeanor to a felony to deter potential violators from harming burial sites.
SECTION 2. Section 6E-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Taking, appropriation, excavation, injury,
destruction, or alteration of a burial site is a [misdemeanor] felony
for which a fine not to exceed $25,000 [may] shall be imposed, in
addition to any other penalty authorized by chapter 706 for a [misdemeanor]
felony."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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Report Title:
State Historic Preservation Division; Burial Sites; Penalties
Description:
Increases the penalty for the desecration of Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian burial sites from a misdemeanor to a felony.
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