THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2787
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
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-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§132D-17  [Inconsistent county] County ordinances, rules. (a)  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] are less restrictive than[,] the provisions of this chapter.  Any county may enact ordinances or adopt any rules under chapter 91 regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.

(b)  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 restrictive than those of this chapter, are declared void."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Fireworks; Counties

Description:

Allows counties to enact ordinances or adopt rules regulating fireworks that are more restrictive than state law.

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