Report Title:
Flag Desecration
Description:
Increases the penalty for desecration of the United States or Hawaii flag to a class C felony.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1322 |
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to flag desecration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 711-1107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (3) to read as follows:
"(3) Any person convicted of committing the offense of desecration shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of not more than $10,000, or both[.]; provided that desecration of the United States or Hawaii flag shall be punishable as a class C felony."
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