SB2340

Report Title:

Livestock; Theft

 

Description:

Expands the species of livestock theft of which would be a class C felony.

 

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2340
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO LIVESTOCK.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 708-835.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:

"(1) A person commits the offense of theft of livestock if the person commits theft by having in the person's possession a live animal of [the bovine, equine, swine, or sheep] any species[,] farmed for household or commercial use, or its carcass or meat, while in or upon premises which the person knowingly entered or remained unlawfully in or upon, and which are fenced or enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, or by having in the person's possession such live animal, carcass, or meat in any other location."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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