REPORT TITLE:
Laser Pointing Devices


DESCRIPTION:
Prohibits sale of laser pointing devices to minors, possession of
laser pointing devices by minors, and sale of laser pointing
devices without providing buyer with printed warning regarding
dangers of improper usage.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           365
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by adding
 
 2 a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as
 
 3 follows:
 
 4                             "CHAPTER
 
 5                      LASER POINTING DEVICES
 
 6      §   -1  Definitions.  As used in this chapter, "laser
 
 7 pointing device" means a hand-held device that emits a light beam
 
 8 amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation that is visible
 
 9 to the human eye.
 
10      §   -2  Sale to minors; prohibited.  It shall be unlawful
 
11 to sell or furnish a laser pointing device to any person under
 
12 eighteen years of age.
 
13      §   -3  Disclosure.  No person shall sell a laser pointing
 
14 device without providing to the buyer at the time of sale a
 
15 written warning explaining the dangers of the improper usage of
 
16 the device. 
 
17      §   -4  Penalty.  Any violation of section    -2 or    -3 is
 
18 a misdemeanor."
 
19      SECTION 2.  Chapter 577, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 

 
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 1 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 2 read as follows:
 
 3      "§577-    Possession of laser pointing devices by minors
 
 4 prohibited; penalty.  (a) It shall be unlawful for any minor to
 
 5 possess a laser pointing device as defined in section    -1.
 
 6      (b)  Any violation of subsection (a) is a misdemeanor."  
 
 7      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.          
 
 8      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon approval;
 
 9 provided that section    -3 of Section 1 shall take effect on
 
10 January 1, 2000.
 
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