REPORT TITLE:
Prison Contraband


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies definition of "contraband" in the offense of promoting
prison contraband in the 2nd degree to exclude dangerous
instruments and drugs, which are covered in promoting prison
contraband in the 1st degree.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1492       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 710-1023, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (2) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(2)  "Contraband" means any article or thing [which], other
 
 4 than a dangerous instrument or drug as defined in section
 
 5 710-1022(2), that a person confined in a correctional or
 
 6 detention facility is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by
 
 7 statute, rule, [regulation,] or order."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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12                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________