Title 10, Public Safety And Internal Security

[§134-71] Law enforcement to retain other authority. The provisions of this part shall not affect the ability of a law enforcement officer to remove firearms or ammunition from any person pursuant to other lawful authority. [L 2019, c 150, pt of §2]

[§134-72] Lack of liability for failure to seek order. This part shall not be construed to impose criminal or civil liability on any person who chooses not to seek an ex parte gun violence protective order or a one-year gun violence protective order pursuant to this part. [L 2019…

§134-8 Ownership, etc., of automatic firearms, silencers, etc., prohibited; penalties. (a) The manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of any of the following shall be prohibited: assault pistols, except as provided by section 134-4(e); automa…

[§134-8.5] Bump fire stock, multiburst trigger activator, or trigger crank; prohibition. (a) Any person in this State who manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the State, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives, lends, or possesses any bump f…

[PART V.] ELECTRIC GUNS §134-81 Definitions. As used in this part: "Cartridge" means any device or object that is designed to be used with an electric gun to project a missile. "Cartridge" includes but is not limited to a Taser cartridge. "Electric gun" means any portable device …

[§134-82] Restrictions on use, sale, offer for sale, distribution, and transfer of electric guns and cartridges. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly use an electric gun for any purpose except: (1) Self-defense; (2) Defense of another person; or (3) …

[§134-83] License to sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer electric guns or cartridges; fee. (a) Any person desiring to sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer electric guns or cartridges to a person in the State, either at wholesale or retail, sha…

[§134-84] Sale, offer for sale, distribution, or transfer of electric guns or cartridges. (a) A licensee shall post the license to sell, offer to sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer electric guns or cartridges, or a certified copy thereof, in a location readily visible to cus…

[§134-85] Disposal of electric gun or cartridge. A person who is not a licensee may sell or otherwise transfer an electric gun or cartridge to a licensee or the chief of police of the appropriate county or designee. The chief of police may either destroy the electric gun or cartr…

[§134-86] Ownership or possession prohibited. (a) No person who is a fugitive from justice shall own, possess, or control an electric gun. (b) No person who is under indictment for, has waived indictment for, has been bound over to the circuit court for, or has been convicted in …

[§134-87] Exemptions. (a) Sections 134-82 and 134-86(f) shall not apply to: (1) Law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers acting within the course of their employment; and (2) The Army or Air National Guard and its members when they are assisting civil authorities in …

[§134-88] Storage of electric gun; responsibility with respect to minors. (a) No person shall store or keep any electric gun on any premises under the person's control if the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is likely to gain access to the electric gun, unless …

[§134-89] Carrying or use of electric gun in the commission of a separate misdemeanor. (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly carry on the person or have within the person's immediate control or intentionally use or threaten to use an electric gun, whether operable or…

§134-9 Licenses to carry. (a) The chief of police of a county shall grant a license to an applicant to carry a pistol or revolver and ammunition concealed on the licensee's person within the State, if the applicant: (1) Satisfies each of the criteria established by or pursuant to…

[§134-9.1] Carrying or possessing a firearm in certain locations and premises prohibited; penalty. (a) A person with a license issued under section 134-9, or authorized to carry a firearm in accordance with title 18 United States Code section 926B or 926C, shall not intentionally…

[§134-9.2] Duty to maintain possession of license while carrying a firearm; duty to disclose; penalty. (a) A person carrying a firearm pursuant to a license issued under section 134-9 or in accordance with title 18 United States Code section 926B or 926C shall have in the person'…

[§134-9.3] Leaving unsecured firearm in vehicle unattended; penalty. (a) No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly store or otherwise leave a loaded or unloaded firearm out of the person's immediate possession or control inside a vehicle without first securely locki…

[§134-9.4] Unlawful conduct while carrying a firearm; penalty. (a) A person carrying a firearm shall not: (1) Consume alcohol or intoxicating liquor; (2) Consume a controlled substance; (3) Be under the influence of alcohol or intoxicating liquor; or (4) Be under the influence of…

[§134-9.5] Carrying or possessing a firearm on private property of another person without authorization; penalty. (a) A person carrying a firearm pursuant to a license issued under section 134-9 shall not intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly enter or remain on private property…

§134-9.6 Annual report on licenses to carry. (a) The department of the attorney general shall publish an annual report on its publicly available website that includes, if available: (1) The number of licenses to carry applied for, issued, revoked, and denied, further categorized …

[§134-9.7] Failure to conceal a firearm by a concealed carry licensee; penalty. (a) A person commits the offense of failure to conceal a firearm by a concealed carry licensee if a person is carrying a firearm pursuant to a license issued under section 134-9(a) and intentionally, …

[§134-90] Carrying or use of electric gun in the commission of a separate felony. (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly carry on the person or have within the person's immediate control or intentionally use or threaten to use an electric gun, whether operable or not,…

[§134C-1] Gun violence and violent crimes commission; established. There is established the gun violence and violent crimes commission that shall be placed within the department of the attorney general for administrative purposes only. [L 2020, c 74, pt of §1]

§134C-2 Gun violence and violent crimes commission; membership. (a) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee shall coordinate and serve as the chair of the gun violence and violent crimes commission. (b) The following individuals, or their designees, shall serve as…

[§134C-3] Gun violence and violent crimes commission; powers and duties. (a) The purpose of the gun violence and violent crimes commission shall be to address gun violence and violent crimes in Hawaii. (b) The gun violence and violent crimes commission shall provide coordination,…

[§135-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Chief of police" means the chief of police of the respective counties and their authorized representatives. "County" means any county or political subdivision of the State. "Emergency" means the imminent or actual occurrence of an e…

[§135-2] Authority of chief of police and their authorized representatives. In times of an emergency or traffic accident, the chief of police may divert vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or a combination thereof, onto existing private roads or pathways on private real property f…

[§135-3] Owner's immunities. In the event the chief of police diverts vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or a combination thereof, onto an owner's real property during an emergency or traffic accident, the owner, together with the owner's successors in interest, if any, shall not…

[§135-4] Government's immunities. The State and counties and their respective officers and employees shall not be liable for the death of, or injury to, persons or for damage to property, as a result of the use of an owner's real property for the diversion of vehicles, pedestrian…

[§136-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter, "laser pointing device" means any hand-held laser device, which is not designed as a sighting device for a weapon nor for use in a medical procedure. This term includes the commercially-available device, which is commonly known as a …

[§136-2] Harassment; prohibited. No person eighteen years of age or over shall intentionally focus, point, or shine a laser pointing device directly or indirectly into the eye or eyes of another person, or upon another person or animal, in such a manner as would reasonably be exp…

[§136-3] Sale to minors; prohibited. It shall be unlawful to sell or furnish a laser pointing device to any minor. [L 1999, c 94, pt of §1]

[§136-4] Possession of laser pointing devices by minors prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any minor to possess a laser pointing device. [L 1999, c 94, pt of §1]

[§136-5] Exemptions. Sections 136-3 and 136-4 shall not apply to any hand-held laser devices used in a recreational activity commonly referred to as "laser tag", and which activity is offered for a fee by an amusement or recreation facility, provided that the devices shall be col…

[§136-6] Penalties. (a) Any violation of section 136-2 is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500 or imprisonment for a definite term to be fixed by the court not to exceed thirty days, or both. (b) Any violation of section 136-3 or 136-4 is punishable b…

[§137-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Government entity" means any department, unit, or agency, of the federal, state, or county governments. "Search and rescue expenses" include the following expenses incident to, and incurred by,…

[§137-2] Reimbursement. (a) Whenever any government entity engages in a search or rescue operation for the purpose of searching for or rescuing a person, and incurs search and rescue expenses therein, the government entity may seek reimbursement from the following: (1) The person…

[§137-3] Action. (a) Whenever a government entity seeks reimbursement of search and rescue expenses, including expenses paid or owing to private persons or entities by the government entity, in connection with a search and rescue, the government entity may bring an action in any …

§138-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Automatic location identification" means a 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of information indicating the address or approximate geographic location of the communication …

§138-10 Database or location information. (a) Any communications service location information obtained by any public safety answering point or public safety agency or its personnel for public safety purposes is not a government record open to disclosure under chapter 92F. (b) A p…

§138-11 Dispute resolution. (a) Any communications service provider, reseller, independent, third-party accounting firms, consultants, or other third party retained by the State under section 138-2, or public safety answering point aggrieved by a decision of the board shall have …

§138-12 Service contracts. A communications service provider shall not be required to provide 911 service until the communications service provider and the public safety answering point providing 911 service in the county or counties in which the communications service provider i…

§138-2 911 board. (a) There shall be created within the department of accounting and general services, for administrative purposes, a 911 board consisting of thirteen voting members; provided that the membership shall consist of: (1) The chief information officer or the chief inf…

§138-3 911 fund. There is established outside the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the 911 fund, to be administered by the board. The fund shall consist of amounts collected under section 138-4. The board shall place the funds in an interest-bearing account at any fe…

§138-4 Surcharge. (a) A monthly 911 surcharge, subject to this chapter, shall be imposed upon each communications service connection, except connections of the public utility providing telecommunications services and land line 911 services through section 269-16.95. (b) The rate …

§138-5 Disbursements from the fund. (a) Every public safety answering point shall be eligible to seek disbursements from the fund to pay for the reasonable costs to lease, purchase, or maintain all necessary equipment, including computer hardware, software, and database provision…