Report Title:
Fireworks; Counties
Description:
Prohibits counties from enacting ordinances or adopting rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that are less restrictive than the provisions of the state fireworks law. (HB2719 HD1)
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2719 |
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
H.D. 1 |
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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 authorize the respective county councils to enact more stringent fireworks laws than those imposed by state fireworks law under chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 2. Section 132D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§132D‑17 Inconsistent county
ordinances, rules. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no
county shall enact ordinances or adopt any rules regulating fireworks or
articles pyrotechnic, except as required in this chapter, that is inconsistent
with or [more] less restrictive than, the provisions of this
chapter. Any ordinances and rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic
that were enacted or adopted by a county before March 31, 1995, except those
provisions [which] that are not inconsistent with[,] or [more]
less 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 on July 1, 2025.