Report Title:
Fireworks permit; background check
Description:
Increases amount of fireworks that a person can purchase with a permit. Require background checks for all fireworks permit purchasers. Allows counties to impose fee equal to cost of search.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1510 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to fireworks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 132D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§132D-3 Permissible uses of non-aerial common fireworks. Non-aerial common fireworks may be set off, ignited, discharged, or otherwise caused to explode within the State only:
(1) From 9:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve to 1:00 a.m. on New Year's Day; from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Day; and from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the Fourth of July; or
(2) From 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. as allowed by permit pursuant to section 132D-10 if the proposed cultural use is to occur at any time other than during the periods prescribed in paragraph (1);
provided that the purchase of not more than [5,000] 10,000 individual non-aerial common fireworks commonly known as firecrackers shall be allowed under each permit."
SECTION 2. Chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§132D- Criminal history record checks. (a) The county shall obtain criminal history record information through the Hawaii criminal justice data center on all applicants for a permit under this chapter. The county shall deny a permit to those convicted of a crime other than minor traffic violations involving fines.
(b) The county issuing the permit may impose a fee equal to the cost of the criminal history record information search."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.
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