Bill Text: HI SB777 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Criminal Destruction Of Trees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-08 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB777 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB777-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO the criminal destruction of trees.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§708- Criminal destruction of a tree on state or county
property. (1) A person
commits the offense of criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property
if, by means other than fire, the person intentionally or knowingly fells,
injures, or destroys a tree growing or standing upon state or county property to
the point of it having no value, or substantially damages the potential value of
a tree growing or standing upon state or county property without the consent of
the state or county on which the tree stands.
(2) Criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property is a misdemeanor.
(3) In addition to any penalty prescribed in this chapter
a person found guilty of violating this section shall also be required to pay the
state or county an amount equal to the replacement value of the tree as determined
by an arborist."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Criminal Destruction of Trees; State or County Property; Misdemeanor
Description:
Establishes a criminal statute for the criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property punishable as a misdemeanor.
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