Haw. Rev. Stat. § 711-B

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 711-B - Misuse of uncrewed aircraft in the first degree

(1) A person commits the offense of misuse of uncrewed aircraft in the first degree if the person intentionally or knowingly:

(a) Equips or arms an uncrewed aircraft with a firearm, explosive, electric gun, or weapon of mass destruction;

(b) Possesses, receives, transfers, operates, or produces an uncrewed aircraft that is equipped or armed with a firearm, explosive, electric gun, or weapon of mass destruction;

(c) Discharges or deploys a firearm, explosive, electric gun, or weapon of mass destruction using an uncrewed aircraft;

(d) Operates an uncrewed aircraft and thereby intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly interferes with or disrupts the operation of any manned aircraft;

(e) Uses an uncrewed aircraft to transport and introduce, or to attempt to transport and introduce, contraband, drugs, or dangerous instruments into a prison; or

(f) Operates an uncrewed aircraft and thereby causes serious bodily injury to another person.

(2) Misuse of uncrewed aircraft in the first degree is a class A felony.

(3) Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), and (g) shall not apply to any police officer, deputy sheriff, adult corrections officer, correctional worker, or fire department personnel acting within the course and scope of their duties, or to any other person acting under the authority of, or pursuant to a contract with, the United States or a state or county government, or any department or agency of the United States or a state or county government.

(4) For purposes of this subsection:

"Contraband" has the same meaning as in section 710-1023.

"Dangerous instrument" has the same meaning as in section 707-700.

"Drug" has the same meaning as in section 710-1022.

"Electric gun" has the same meaning as in section 134-81.

"Explosive" means a device composed of a single ingredient, or mixture of ingredients, capable of instantaneously releasing a sufficient amount of energy to inflict substantial damage to persons or property, and includes fireworks as defined in section 132D-2.

"Firearm" has the same meaning as in section 134-1.

"Prison" includes jails, prisons, correctional centers, correctional facilities, and detention centers.

"Serious bodily injury" has the same meaning as in section 707-700.

"Weapon of mass destruction" means any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or other precursors, and includes any weapon involving a biological agent, toxin, or vector and any weapon designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.

HRS § 711-B

Added by L 2024, c 161,§ 1, eff. 7/2/2024.