HPP dog attack?

[AaronM]

Meanwhile killer dogs remain free to roam again.

[AaronM]

And like most enforcement issues, this story has no update.

[eightfingers2.0]

Someone is related to somebody, so nothing more will happen.

[kalianna]

Is this true? If you have information about this, please share it. If not, itʻs just misinformation.

[AaronM]

Misinformation? Or par for this course?

[kalianna]

In April, the County Council passed a bill increasing penalties for dog attacks. It was sent to Mitch Roth for his signature and I've heard nothing since. Does anyone know if this bill was ever signed? A search provided no new information that I could find.

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...rous-dogs/

[Obie]

It's part of the county code :

© A person convicted under this section of a violation of subsections (a)(1) or (a)(2)
shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and sentenced to one or more of the
following:
(1) A fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000;
(2) A period of imprisonment of up to thirty days or, in lieu of imprisonment, a
period of probation of not more than six months in accordance with the
procedures, terms and conditions provided in chapter 706, part II, Hawai‘i
Revised Statutes; or
(3) Restitution to any individual who has suffered bodily injury or property
damage as a result of an attack by the dog.

[kalianna]

I think that's the old code. The news article says, "Under the bill, owners of dogs that maim or kill a domesticated animal, or cause bodily injury to a person, could be fined up to $1,000 and imprisoned up to 30 days.

An owner of a dog that causes substantial bodily injury to a person — which involves “major avulsion, laceration or penetration of the skin,” broken bones, concussions or damage to internal organs — can be fined up to $10,000 and imprisoned up to five years, and the owner of a dog that causes even more serious injury or death to a person can face fines up to $25,000 or 10 years imprisonment.

Dogs that cause substantial bodily injury to a person or worse are legally mandated to be destroyed under the bill."

[kalakoa]

Without "rule of law", it matters very little what is written in "the code".

[Obie]

I pnly copied the first part of pertinent code. Here's the rest.

(d) A person convicted under this section of a violation of subsection (a)(3) shall be
guilty of a class C felony and sentenced to one or more of the following:
(1) A fine of not less than $500 nor more than $10,000;
(2) A period of imprisonment of up to five years or, in lieu of imprisonment, a
period of probation of four years with up to one year of imprisonment, in
accordance with the procedures, terms and conditions provided in chapter 706,
part II, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes;
(3) Restitution to any individual who has suffered bodily injury or property
damage as a result of an attack by the dog; or
(4) The dog shall be humanely destroyed.
(e) A person convicted under this section of a violation of subsection (a)(4) shall be
guilty of a class B felony and sentenced to one or more of the following:
(1) A fine of not less than $500 nor more than $25,000;
(2) A period of imprisonment of up to ten years or, a period of probation of four
years with up to eighteen months of imprisonment, in accordance with the
procedures, terms and conditions provided in chapter 706, part II, Hawai‘i
Revised Statutes;