HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2228
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 134-7.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

     "(a)  If any applicant is denied a permit, the chiefs of police of the respective counties shall send, by certified mail, a notice setting forth the reasons for the denial and may require that the applicant voluntarily surrender all firearms and ammunition to the chief of police where the applicant resides or dispose of all firearms and ammunition.  If an applicant fails to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms and ammunition within [thirty days] forty-eight hours from the date notice was [mailed,] received, the chief of police may seize all firearms and ammunition.

     (b)  Any person disqualified from ownership, possession, or control of firearms and ammunition under section 134-7 shall, within forty-eight hours of receiving any notice of disqualification including but not limited to:

     (1)  Notice from a court upon criminal conviction;

     (2)  Issuance of a restraining order in accordance with section 134-7(f); or

     (3)  Notice of permit denial pursuant to subsection (a),

voluntarily surrender all firearms and ammunition to the chief of police where the person resides or dispose of all firearms and ammunition.  If any person fails to voluntarily surrender or dispose of all firearms and ammunition within [thirty days from the date of disqualification,] forty-eight hours of receiving notice of disqualification pursuant to this subsection, the chief of police may seize all firearms and ammunition."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Firearms; Safety; Voluntary Surrender

 

Description:

Requires individuals who are denied a firearm permit or disqualified from firearms and ammunition ownership or possession to voluntarily surrender their firearms and ammunition to the chief of police within forty-eight hours of receiving notice of disqualification.  (HB2228 HD1)

 

 

 

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