Bill Text: HI HB553 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Motor vehicle accidents; Failure to render aid; Traffic safety
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - (H) Referred to TRN, JUD, referral sheet 1 [HB553 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HB553-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Any person who violates subsection
(a) shall be guilty of a class [B] A felony."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Motor vehicle accidents; Failure to render aid; Traffic safety
Description:
Changes the penalty for failure to render aid in motor vehicle accidents involving death or serious bodily injury from a Class B to a Class A felony.
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