REPORT TITLE:
Non-resident Gun Possession


DESCRIPTION:
Allows non-resident aliens to bring firearms into the State under
certain conditions. HB500 HD1 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO FIREARMS.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that Hawaii is widely
 
 2 recognized as a community relatively free of violence involving
 
 3 firearms.  The legislature further finds that this low rate of
 
 4 violence is attributable to our strict controls on the possession
 
 5 and use of firearms within our State.  However, the legislature
 
 6 recognizes that there is a need to expand our visitor industry by
 
 7 developing niche markets, such as recreational hunting, that
 
 8 would encourage visitors who may want to enjoy Hawaii's optimal
 
 9 climate and scenic landscapes while also engaging in legal
 
10 recreational firearms activities.
 
11      The purpose of this Act is to allow non-resident aliens who
 
12 are visiting the State for the purposes of engaging in
 
13 recreational target shooting or game hunting to be allowed to
 
14 bring legal firearms into the State under certain conditions for
 
15 such limited purposes.
 
16      SECTION 2.  Section 134-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
17 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
18      "(a)  Every person arriving in the State who brings or by
 
19 any other manner causes to be brought into the State a firearm of
 
20 any description, whether usable or unusable, serviceable or
 

 
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 1 unserviceable, modern or antique, shall register the firearm
 
 2 within three days after arrival of the person or of the firearm,
 
 3 whichever arrives later, with the chief of police of the county
 
 4 of the person's place of business or, if there is no place of
 
 5 business, [such] the person's residence or, if there is neither a
 
 6 place of business nor residence, the person's place of sojourn[;
 
 7 provided that no].  A non-resident alien, for a period not
 
 8 exceeding sixty days, shall be allowed to bring firearms [a
 
 9 firearm of any description into the State.] not otherwise
 
10 prohibited by law into the State by meeting the registration
 
11 requirement of this section; provided that the person possesses:
 
12 a valid Hawaii hunting license procured under chapter 183D, part
 
13 II or a commercial or private shooting preserve permit issued
 
14 pursuant to section 183D-3; a written document indicating the
 
15 person has been invited to the State to shoot on private land; or
 
16 written notification from a firing range or target shooting
 
17 business indicating that the person actually engaged in target
 
18 shooting.  The non-resident shall be limited to a non-
 
19 transferable registration of not more than ten firearms for the
 
20 purpose of the above activities."
 
21      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
22 New statutory material is underscored.
 
23      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.