Bill Text: HI HB1860 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Business Regulations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-19 - (H) Referred to CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2 [HB1860 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1860-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RElating to business regulations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 480-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
Whenever the State or any of its political subdivisions or governmental
agencies is injured, directly or indirectly, in its business or property by
reason of anything forbidden or declared unlawful by this chapter, it may sue
to recover [threefold] three times the actual damages sustained
by it, whether directly or indirectly. The attorney general may bring an
action on behalf of the State or any of its political subdivisions or governmental
agencies to recover the damages provided for by this section, or by any
comparable provisions of federal law."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
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Report Title:
Business Regulations
Description:
Clarifies the law on antitrust by making a technical amendment.
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