Report Title:

Foreign protective orders

Description:

Provides for good faith immunity for law enforcement officers who enforce a foreign protective order that appears to be authentic.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2695

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO FOREIGN PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 586-25, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§586-25[]] Good faith immunity. Any law enforcement officer acting in good faith shall be immune from civil or criminal liability in any action arising in connection with enforcement of a valid foreign protective order or a foreign protective order that appears to be authentic on its face pursuant to this part."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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