STAND. COM. REP. NO. 575
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 172
S.D. 2
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 172, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Require the labeling of display fireworks;
(2) Impose certain time restrictions on the use of certain fireworks;
(3) Require fireworks licenses to provide certain information to the appropriate county fire chief prior to booking shipment; and
(4) Authorize the appropriate county fire chief to:
(A) Conduct an inspection of display personnel and sites to determine compliance with the appropriate county code and current National Fire Protection Safety Standards; and
(B) Immediately revoke or suspend any permit for display of aerial devices for specified safety reasons.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council, the City and County of Honolulu Fire Department, the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that this measure facilitates the arrest and prosecution for the illegal or unpermitted purchase, possession, setting off, igniting, or discharging of fireworks.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 172, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 172, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,
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____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
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