Bill Text: HI SB2134 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Burials; Desecration
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-05 - (S) The committee on JGO deferred the measure. [SB2134 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2134-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to desecration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 711-1107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§711-1107 Desecration. (1) A person commits the offense of desecration if the person intentionally desecrates:
(a) Any public monument or structure; or
(b) A place of worship [or burial]; or
(c) In a public place the national flag or any other object of veneration by a substantial segment of the public.
(2) A person commits the offense of desecration if the person negligently desecrates a place of burial.
[(2)] (3) "Desecrate"
means defacing, damaging, polluting, or otherwise physically mistreating in a
way that the defendant knows will outrage the sensibilities of persons likely
to observe or discover the defendant's action.
[(3)] (4) Any person convicted
of committing the offense of desecration shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of not more than $10,000, or
both."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Burials; Desecration
Description:
Provide that a person may be convicted of the offense of desecration for negligently desecrating a place of burial, rather than requiring an intentional act.
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