Report Title:
Fireworks; Counties
Description:
Allows the counties to pass ordinances and adopt rules relating to fireworks that are more restrictive than applicable state laws. Bans the use of fireworks on July 4th.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3083 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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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[;] and 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 individual non-aerial common fireworks commonly known as firecrackers shall be allowed under each permit."
SECTION 2. Section 132D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§132D-17 [Inconsistent county] County ordinances, rules. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, [no] a county [shall] may enact ordinances or adopt [any] rules regulating fireworks[, except as required in this chapter,] that [is inconsistent with or] are more restrictive than[,] the provisions of this chapter. [Any ordinances and rules regulating fireworks that were enacted or adopted by a county before March 31, 1995, except those provisions which are not inconsistent with, or more restrictive than those of this chapter, are declared void.]"
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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