2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 10. Public Safety and Internal Security
134. Firearms, Ammunition and Dangerous Weapons
134-87 Exemptions.

§134-87 Exemptions. (a) Sections 134-82 and 134-86(f) shall not apply to:

(1) Law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers acting within the course of their employment; and

(2) The Army or Air National Guard and its members when they are assisting civil authorities in disaster relief, emergency management, or law enforcement functions, subject to the requirements of section 121-34.5;

provided that the electric guns shall be acquired by the law enforcement agencies or the Army or Air National Guard and not individual law enforcement officers or members of the Army or Air National Guard, and shall remain in the custody and control of law enforcement agencies or the Army or Air National Guard.

(b) Law enforcement agencies that authorize use of electric guns by its law enforcement officers and the Army or Air National Guard shall:

(1) Provide training from the manufacturer or from a manufacturer-approved training program conducted by manufacturer-certified or manufacturer-approved instructors in the use of electric guns before deployment of the electric guns and related equipment in public;

(2) Maintain records regarding every electric gun in its custody and control, including every instance of usage of the electric guns, in a similar manner as records are maintained for the discharge of firearms; and

(3) Report to the legislature on the information in, and maintenance of, these records no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session.

(c) The licensing requirement of sections 134-82(b) and 134-83 shall not apply to the sale of electric guns and cartridges by the electric gun manufacturers distributing directly to law enforcement agencies or the Army or Air National Guard. [L 2021, c 183, pt of §2]