STAND. COM. REP. NO.  391-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2778

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2778 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase fireworks-related fees and penalties and allocating a portion of the fees to each county to use for fireworks enforcement.

     The Kauai Fire Department supported this bill.  Legislative Information Services of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.  The County of Hawaii Fire Department, County of Maui Department of Fire & Public Safety, Honolulu Fire Department, State Fire Council, and a concerned individual offered comments.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing provisions that would have increased fees for importers, wholesalers, storage sites, and retailer sites, and distributed the fees to the county fire and police departments;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Public Safety that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2778, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2778, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs and Public Safety,

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair

____________________________ JOEY MANAHAN, Chair