THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	213
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to firEARMS.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 134-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

     "(c)  The manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of detachable ammunition magazines with a capacity in excess of [ten] seventeen rounds which are designed for or capable of use with a pistol is prohibited.  This subsection shall not apply to magazines originally designed to accept more than [ten] seventeen rounds of ammunition which have been modified to accept no more than [ten] seventeen rounds and which are not capable of being readily restored to a capacity of more than [ten] seventeen rounds."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Firearms; Ammunition Magazine Capacity

 

Description:

Allows for the owner of a pistol to use any ammunition magazine with a capacity up to 17 rounds.

 

 

 

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