Bill Text: HI HB501 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Notification; silver alert
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB501 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB501-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Notification; silver alert
Description:
Creates and implements a silver alert program to be operated concurrently with the Maile Amber Alert program.
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO A SILVER ALERT FOR MISSING SENIOR CITIZENS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. With the cooperation of the each respective county's police departments, the State Civil Defense Division, local broadcasters, and other relevant and appropriate state and county agencies, there shall be developed and implemented a statewide silver alert program to be activated on behalf of a missing senior citizen in the appropriate county.
SECTION 2. To the greatest extent possible, the silver alert program shall be integrated with the preexisting Maile Amber Alert program and partnership.
SECTION 3. A silver alert shall be issued if the following criteria are met:
(1) A county police department receives notice of a missing senior citizen from the family or legal guardian or the missing senior citizen;
(2) The senior citizen is domiciled in Hawaii, but the current location of the senior citizen is unknown;
(3) The senior citizen has an impaired mental condition, which can be documented by the family, legal guardian, or physician of the missing senior citizen; and
(4) Sufficient information is provided that indicates that the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior citizen.
SECTION 4. The alert shall include all appropriate information provided by the respective county's police department, information that may lead to the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen, and a statement instructing any person with information related to the missing senior citizen to contact a local law enforcement agency and the contact information for that agency.
SECTION 5. For purposes of this Act, "alert" means the countywide silver alert for missing senior citizens developed and implemented by this Act.
"Local law enforcement agency" means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing senior citizen.
"Senior citizen" means a person who is 65 years of age or older.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
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