Bill Text: HI SB2261 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Common Law; Definition; Person; Human Being
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Referred to JDL. [SB2261 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB2261-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2261 |
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to common law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 1-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§1-19 "Person",
"others", "any", etc. The word "person", or
words importing persons, for instance, "another", "others",
"any", "anyone", "anybody", and the like, [signify
not only individuals, but] mean an individual human being of any age,
sex, or nationality; provided that the term does not include huis,
partnerships, corporations, firms, associations, societies, communities,
assemblies, [inhabitants of a district, or neighborhood, or persons known or
unknown, and the public generally, where it appears, from the subject matter,
the sense and connection in which such words are used, that such construction
is intended.] or any other form of business or legal entity."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Common Law; Definition; Person; Human Being
Description:
Amends the definition of "person" or words importing persons, in chapter 1, HRS, to mean an individual human being of any age, sex, or nationality; provided that the term does not include huis, partnerships, corporations, firms, associations, societies, communities, assemblies, or any other form of business or legal entity.
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