Report Title:

Desecration

Description:

Changes desecration from a misdemeanor to a class C felony.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2387

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to the penal code.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 711-1107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (3) to read as follows:

"(3) Desecration is a [misdemeanor.] class C felony."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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