STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 846-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1817

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1817, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the State's consistency with and adherence to federal laws regarding fireworks by:

(1) Using common terminology that is consistent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;

(2) Deleting all references to the defunct "United States Bureau of Explosives";

(3) Including and defining "articles pyrotechnic" to regulate the importation, storage, transferring, sale, and use of those devices; and

(4) Including articles pyrotechnic in the term "display".

The Honolulu Police Department supported this bill. The Honolulu Fire Department, State Fire Council, and County of Kauai Fire Department supported the intent of this measure. The Legislative Information Services of Hawaii supported this bill with amendments.

Your Committee notes that the State Fire Council suggested that Section 132D-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be amended to include display fireworks and articles pyrotechnic in the list of items prohibited without a valid county-issued license.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1817, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

		____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair