REPORT TITLE:
Assault


DESCRIPTION:
Makes assault against a state or county employee a felony.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.720        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PENAL CODE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 707-711, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§707-711  Assault in the second degree.(1)  A person
 
 4 commits the offense of assault in the second degree if:
 
 5      (a)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes
 
 6           substantial bodily injury to another;
 
 7      (b)  The person recklessly causes serious bodily injury to
 
 8           another person;
 
 9      (c)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily
 
10           injury to a correctional worker, as defined in section
 
11           710-1031(2), who is engaged in the performance of duty
 
12           or who is within a correctional facility;
 
13      (d)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily
 
14           injury to another person with a dangerous instrument;
 
15           or
 
16      (e)  The person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily
 
17           injury to an employee of the State or any of its
 
18           political subdivisions, including but not limited to an
 
19           educational worker, who is engaged in the performance
 
20           of duty [or who is within an educational facility].
 

 
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 1           For the purposes of this section, "educational worker"
 
 2           means any administrator, specialist, counselor,
 
 3           teacher, or employee of the department of education, or
 
 4           a person who is a volunteer in a school program,
 
 5           activity, or function that is established, sanctioned,
 
 6           or approved by the department of education or a person
 
 7           hired by the department of education on a contractual
 
 8           basis and engaged in carrying out an educational
 
 9           function."
 
10      (2)  Assault in the second degree is a class C felony. 
 
11      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________