SB2481 SD1

Report Title:

Definition of Livestock; Goats

 

Description:

Includes the theft of goats and any species farmed for household or commercial use as constituting the offense of theft of livestock. (SD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2481
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		S.D. 1
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, goat, or sheep species, or of any species farmed for household or commercial use including poultry, bison, or elk, 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. New statutory material is underscored.

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