HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

231

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§356D-     Guests; visitor passes.  (a)  Visitors on the premises of a public housing project shall be required to obtain a visitor's pass from the manager of the public housing project or the manager's designee upon entering the premises; provided that a visitor's pass shall only be issued to a person who has been invited onto the premises by an adult tenant of the public housing project.

     (b)  The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate the purposes of this section."

     SECTION 2.  Section 708-813, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (1) to read as follows:

     "(1)  A person commits the offense of criminal trespass in the first degree if:

     (a)  That person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully:

         (i)  In a dwelling; or

        (ii)  In or upon the premises of a hotel or apartment building;

     (b)  That person:

         (i)  Knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises that are fenced or enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders; and

        (ii)  Is in possession of a firearm, as defined in section 134-1, at the time of the intrusion; [or]

     (c)  That person enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of any public school as defined in section 302A-101, or any private school, after reasonable warning or request to leave by school authorities or a police officer; provided [however, such] that a warning or request to leave shall be unnecessary between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.; or

     (d)  That person enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of any public housing project, as defined in section 356D-1 or 356D-91, after reasonable warning or request to leave by housing management or authorities or a police officer."

     SECTION 3.  (a)  The Hawaii public housing authority shall establish a two-year pilot project for Mayor Wright homes.  The objective of the pilot project shall be to provide residents of Mayor Wright homes with increased safety and security from trespassers.

     (b)  The Hawaii public housing authority shall [report] submit a report on the safety and security measures implemented and its findings and recommendations from the pilot project to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2013 regular session.

     (c)  The pilot project shall cease to exist on June 30, 2013."

     SECTION 4.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011-2012 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the pilot project for Mayor Wright homes.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii public housing authority for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 6.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on January 7, 2059.



 

Report Title:

Public Housing; Visitor Pass; Trespassing

 

Description:

Requires visitors to public housing projects to receive a visitor's pass upon entrance.  Establishes that remaining unlawfully upon the premises after reasonable warning constitutes trespass in the first degree.  Establishes a pilot project for increased safety at Mayor Wright Homes.  Appropriates funds.  Effective January 7, 2059.  (HB231 HD2)

 

 

 

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