Bill Text: HI SB774 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To Animals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB774 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-SB774-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

774

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to animals.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 142-44, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§142-44  Owners of unbranded animals.  All cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, and swine, over twelve months of age, not marked or branded, which may be running wild at any time on any lands in the State, shall belong to and be the property of the owners or lessees of the lands on which the animals are then running[.]; provided that if the animal is on public lands, the animal shall belong to any person who intentionally feeds the animal."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

 


 


 

Report Title:

Animals; Ownership; Unbranded

 

Description:

Establishes ownership of any cow, horse, mule, donkey, sheep, goat, or swine, not marked or branded, and running wild on public lands to any person who intentionally feeds the animal.

 

 

 

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