09-21-2011, 05:03 AM
To clarify:
The Bill does not criminalize having or living in an unpermitted buildings.
It criminalizes disobeying any Notices of Violations that were issued for that unpermitted building.
The unpermitted building is still a civil offense, only when an entity thumbs its nose at the civil procedures does it subject that entity to criminal sanctions. This is consistent with what everyone seems to have been demanding; harsher sanctions for those willfully violating or ignoring Hawaii civil procedures.
You asked for it, now you have it, so why are you complaining?
The Bill does not criminalize having or living in an unpermitted buildings.
It criminalizes disobeying any Notices of Violations that were issued for that unpermitted building.
The unpermitted building is still a civil offense, only when an entity thumbs its nose at the civil procedures does it subject that entity to criminal sanctions. This is consistent with what everyone seems to have been demanding; harsher sanctions for those willfully violating or ignoring Hawaii civil procedures.
You asked for it, now you have it, so why are you complaining?