Bill Text: HI HB44 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prostitution; Solicitation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-06 - (H) Act 074, on 6/1/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1177). [HB44 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HB44-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	44
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 712, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§712‑    Solicitation of prostitution near schools or public parks.  (1)  A person commits the offense of solicitation of prostitution near schools or public parks if, within seven hundred fifty feet of a school or public park, the person offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person to engage in sexual conduct.

     (2)  Solicitation of prostitution near schools or public parks is a misdemeanor.

     (3)  For purposes of this section:

     "School" has the same meaning as in section 712-1249.6(6).

     "Sexual conduct" has the same meaning as in section 712‑1200(2)."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.

 

Report Title:

Prostitution; Solicitation

 

Description:

Makes it a misdemeanor to offer or agree to pay a fee to another person to engage in sexual conduct within seven hundred fifty feet of a school or public park.  Effective July 1, 2011.  (HB44 CD1)

 

 

 

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