Bill Text: HI SB744 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Wildlife; Traps; Snares
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB744 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB744-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO WILDLIFE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 183D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§183D- Body-crushing traps, foot- or leg-hold traps, and snares prohibited; penalties. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no person shall use, set, or maintain a body-crushing trap, a foot- or leg-hold trap, or a snare to take any animal including but not limited to wildlife, game, and predators in the State of Hawaii.
(b) This section shall not apply to accepted practices for rodent control.
(c) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(d) Any person violating this section or any rule adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor under section 183D-5(b)."
SECTION 2. Section 183D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Body-crushing trap" means a contrivance consisting of metal or steel, other than a foot- or leg-hold trap or snare, designed to kill by crushing the body or severing the spinal cord of any animal including but not limited to wildlife, game, and predators.
"Foot- or leg-hold trap" means a contrivance consisting of metal or steel which is designed to capture, hold, or kill any animal including but not limited to wildlife, game, and predators by a foot or limb.
"Snare" means a contrivance consisting of a noose, regardless of material, designed to capture, hold, or kill any animal including but not limited to wildlife, game, and predators."
SECTION 3. Section 183D-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Any person violating section
183D-25.5, 183D-26, 183D-27, 183D-32, 183D-62, [or] 183D-64, or
183D- shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished as follows:
(1) For a first conviction by a mandatory fine of not
less than $200, or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both[;],
and all body-crushing traps, foot- or leg-hold traps, or snares used in the
commission of the violations shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to
and disposed of by the State;
(2) For a second conviction within five years of a previous conviction, by a mandatory fine of not less than $1,000, or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, and all firearms, body-crushing traps, foot- or leg-hold traps, or snares used in the commission of the violations shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to and disposed of by the State; and
(3) For a third or subsequent conviction within five years of the first two or more convictions, by a mandatory fine of not less than $2,000, or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, and all firearms, body-crushing traps, foot- or leg-hold traps, or snares used in the commission of the violations shall be considered contraband to be forfeited to and disposed of by the State."
SECTION 4. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Wildlife; Traps; Snares
Description:
Prohibits the use of body-crushing traps, foot- or leg-hold traps, and snares to take any animal in the State. Establishes penalties for violations.
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