STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1096

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 173

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 173, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent children from playing with novelty lighters and causing fires by prohibiting the retail sale and distribution of novelty lighters within the State.

     The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, County of Hawaii Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, and Maui Fire Department supported this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting from the definition of "novelty lighter":

          (A)  "Or lighter" as a substitute reference to "novelty lighter"; and

          (B)  The expressed exclusion of any lighter manufactured prior to 1980 or any lighter that lacks fuel or a component necessary to produce flame or combustion;

          and

     (2)  Allowing for novelty lighters manufactured in the State exclusively for sale, offer for sale, or distribution outside the State; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 173, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 173, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair