STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1165
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1476
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1476, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the fireworks law by, among other things:
(1) Amending fireworks terminology to be consistent with federal law;
(2) Including articles pyrotechnic to regulate their importation, storage, transfer, sale, or use;
(3) Clarifying that a fireworks permit is required for the purchase or use of fireworks;
(4) Specifying the time period when consumer fireworks may be sold; and
(5) Prohibiting the giving, transferring, donating, or exchange for consideration of fireworks to any person who does not have a fireworks permit.
The State Fire Council, Hawaii Fire Chiefs Association, Hawaii Food Industry Association, and Hawaii Visitor Industry Security Association testified in support of this bill. Legislative Information Services of Hawaii offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to August 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1476, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1476, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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