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a suitable leash shall not be allowed in any County beach park. These restrictions shall not apply to dogs utilized <br /> by police for patrol or other police purposes. It shall be unlawful for the owner of anv do¢, whether the dos is <br /> licensed or not, to permit such doa to become a stray. <br /> Section 4-30. Penalty for permitting a dog to stray. <br /> hr addition to other penalties listed in this chapter, the owner of any dog which strays upon any public lands <br /> or the private lands of another shall be tined [es-feilew~] not more than $1000. <br /> [ <br /> ('ter- <br /> E~-~ <br /> f.~,, iE€rRO-ef~p-t~`~. <br /> Section 4-31. Regulation of dangerous dogs; prohibited acts; conditions on owner; penalties. <br /> (a) A dog owner commits the offense of negligent failure to control a dangerous dog, if the person negligently <br /> fails to take reasonable measures to prevent the dog from attacking, without provocation, a person or animal <br /> and such attack results in: <br /> (1) the maiming or causing of serious injury to or the destruction of an animal; or <br /> (2) bodily injury to a person. <br /> A person convicted under this subsection shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and sentenced in <br /> accordance with subsections (c), (d), and (e). <br /> (b) Frn the purposes of this section, "reasonable measures to prevent the dog from attacking" shall include but <br /> not he limited to: <br /> (I) measures required to be taken under sections [4-I4] 4-14.0], 4-I5, 4-18,[4'd&] 4-23, and 4-29 [4-39 <br /> aim] of this chapter to prevent the dog from becoming a stray; and <br /> (2) any conditions imposed by the court for the training of the dog or owner or for the supervision, <br /> confinement or restraint of the dog for a previous conviction under this section. <br /> (c) A dog owner convicted under subsection (a) shall be sentenced to one or more of the following: <br /> (1) A fine of not less than $200 nor more than $2,000; <br /> (2) A period of imprisonment of up to 30 days, or in lieu of imprisonment, a period of probation of not <br /> more than six months in acwrdance with the procedures, terms and conditions provided in chapter 706, <br /> part II, Hawaii Revised Statutes; <br /> (3) Restitution to any individual who has suffered bodily injury or property damage as a result of an attack <br /> by the dog; <br /> <br /> (d) Unless the dog has been or is ordered to be humanely destroyed, the dog owner shall also he sentenced to the <br /> following mandatory provisions, in addition to the provisions of subsection (c): <br /> (I) The owner shall provide the owner's name, address and telephone number to the county animal control <br /> service; <br /> (2) "1'he owner shall provide the location at which the dog is currently kept, if such location is not the <br /> owner's address; <br /> (3) The owner shall promptly notify the appropriate animal control service of: <br /> (A) Any changes in the ownership of the dog or the location of the dog along with the names, <br /> addresses and telephone numbers of new owners or the new address at which the dog is located; <br /> (B) Any further instances of an attack by the dog upon a person or an animal; <br /> (C) Any claims made or lawsuits brought as a result of further instances of an attack by the dog; or <br /> (D) The death of the dog. <br /> -9- <br /> <br />