Report Title:
Fireworks; Prohibition
Description:
Prohibits purchase or use of non-aerial fireworks on Fourth of July in counties with populations over 500,000.
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2114 |
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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. The purpose of this Act is to prohibit the use or sale of non-aerial common fireworks on the Fourth of July in counties with populations over 500,000.
SECTION 2. Section 132D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§132D-3 Permissible uses of non-aerial common fireworks. [Non-aerial] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 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] five thousand individual non-aerial common fireworks commonly known as firecrackers shall be allowed under each permit.
(b) In counties with populations over five hundred thousand, the sale or use of non-aerial common fireworks on the Fourth of July is prohibited."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on August 1, 2006.
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