Bill Text: HI SB760 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Disabled Persons; Misrepresentation as Owner or Trainer of Service Dog
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-20 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB760 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB760-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SERVICE ANIMALS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 347, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§347- Knowing misrepresentation as owner or trainer of service dog; penalty. (a) Any person who knowingly and fraudulently represents the person, through verbal or written notice, as the owner or trainer of a dog that is qualified or identified as a service dog shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
(b) As used in this section, "owner" means any person who owns an alleged service dog or who is authorized by the dog's owner to use the dog."
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 on January 7, 2059.
Report Title:
Disabled Persons; Misrepresentation as Owner or Trainer of Service Dog
Description:
Establishes a misdemeanor for knowingly and fraudulently representing oneself as the owner or trainer of a service dog. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)
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