HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1801
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to fireworks permit fees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the fireworks display permit fee for aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic has remained the same since 2006, but the cost to process, review, and approve the application for this permit that authorizes licensed pyrotechnicians to conduct outdoor aerial fireworks and indoor fireworks for theatrical purposes has increased.

The purpose of this Act is to increase the fireworks display permit fee from $110 to $300.

     SECTION 2.  Section 132D-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§132D-10  Permits.  A permit shall be required for the purchase and use of:

     (1)  Any consumer fireworks commonly known as firecrackers upon payment of a fee of $25;

     (2)  Any aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic for the purposes of section 132D-16 upon payment of a fee of [$110] $300; and

     (3)  Any consumer fireworks for the purposes of section 132D-5 or for cultural uses that occur at any time other than during the periods prescribed in section 132D-3(1) upon a payment of a fee of $25."

SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Fireworks; Display Permit Fee

Description:

Increases the fireworks display permit fee for aerial devices, display fireworks, and articles pyrotechnic.

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