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ORDINANCE NO
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 2, OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, RELATING TO ANIMALS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to
amend the provisions of the Hawaii County Code by making the
penalties for violations of failing to confine vicious dogs more
stringent.
SECTION 1. Chapter 4, article 4, section 4-31, of the Hawaii
County Code 1983, is amended to read as follows:
"Section 4-31. Confinement of vicious dogs.
(a) Every vicious dog shall be confined by the owner within
a building or secure enclosure and shall be securely muzzled or
caged whenever off the premises of its owner.
(b) [There shall be a penalty of S25 for each violation of
this section.] Any person found guilty of violating this section
may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than
thirty days, or both. The minimum sentence to be imposed upon a
person found guilty of violating this section shall be as follows:
(1) For a first conviction, a fine of not less than
$100, but not more than X1,000.
(2) For a second conviction which occurs within five
nears of a prior conviction under this section, a fine of not less
than 5500, but not more than X1,000.
(3) For a third conviction which occurs within five
years of two prior convictions, a fine of not less than $1,000.
No fine imposed on a person found guilty of violating
this section shall be suspended."
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New
material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the
brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be
included.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
'SECTION 5.
approval.
Hilo, Hawaii
This ordinance shall take effect upon its
Date of Introduction: November 18, 1987
Date of 1st Reading: November 18, 1987
Date of 2nd Reading: December 2, 1987
Effective Date: December 7, 1987
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