REPORT TITLE: 
Child Protection


DESCRIPTION:
Creates new penalties for child abuse.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO CHILDREN.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 706, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§706-      Penalties against offenders of minors.
 
 5 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person who has
 
 6 been convicted of an offense under section 707-710 or 707-711,
 
 7 when the victim is a minor 12 years of age or younger, shall be
 
 8 sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment pursuant to section
 
 9 706-661."
 
10      SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________