Report Title:

Fireworks; Fourth of July; Banned

Description:

Prohibits the sale or use of consumer fireworks on the Fourth of July in counties with populations over 500,000.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2717
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

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 and specific prohibitions of consumer fireworks. (a)  Consumer 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[;], except as provided in subsection (b); 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 five thousand individual consumer fireworks commonly known as firecrackers shall be allowed under each permit.

(b)  It shall be unlawful to sell or use consumer fireworks on the Fourth of July in any county with a population of 500,000 or more."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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