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"Substantial bodily injury"means bodily injury which causes: (1) A major avulsion, laceration, or penetration of the skin; (2) A burn of at least second degree severity; (3) A bone fracture; (4) A serious concussion; or (5) A tearing, rupture, or corrosive damage to the esophagus, viscera, or other internal organs." SECTION 5. Chapter 4, article 4, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended for organizational purposes, as follows: 1. Renumbering and renaming the title of the article as follows: "Article [4: Prohibitions] 3. Dogs, Cats, and Other Animals."; 2. Placing sections 4-14 to 4-19 within this article; 3. Deleting the title, "[Division 1. Dogs, Cats, and Other Animals.]" (This shall not affect sections 4-14 through 4-19); and 4. Deleting the title "[Division 2. Dogs.]" (This shall not affect sections 4-20 through 4-31.4). SECTION 6. Chapter 4, article 3, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended for organizational purposes, as follows: 1. Renumbering and renaming the title of the article as follows: "Article [3. Dog License Fees] 4. Dogs."; 2. Adding the following new division to this article, "Division 1. Dog License Fees." and placing sections 4-12 and 4-13 within this division 1; 3. Adding the following new division to this article, "Division 2. General Provisions." and placing sections 4-20 to 4-27, 4-29, and 4-30 within this division 2; and 4. Adding the following new division to this article, "Division 3. Dangerous Dogs." and placing sections 4-28, 4-31 to 4-31.3 within this division 3. SECTION 7. Chapter 4, section 4-31, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 4-31. [' • . _ _ . . . • •. . owner1 the person negligently fails to take reasonable measures to prevent the dog from attacking, without provocation, a person or animal and such attack results in: (2) Bodily injury to a person. - : -- :• :: - - •:-, " casonablc measures to prevent the dog from attacking" shall include but not be limited to: 2