STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1462
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: S.B. No. 173
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 173, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety, and Kauai Fire Department supported this bill. The Lighter Association Inc. opposed this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by adding to the definition of novelty lighter the expressed exclusion of:
(1) Any lighter manufactured prior to 1980 or any lighter that lacks fuel or a component necessary to produce flame or combustion; and
(2) Standard disposable and refillable lighters that are printed or decorated with logos, labels, decals, or artwork, or heat shrinkable sleeves.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 173, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 173, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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