HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1696
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the display permit fee, which authorizes licensed pyrotechnicians to conduct outdoor and close proximity fireworks for public or private events or for theatrical or movie purposes, has remained the same for fifteen years. However, the costs of processing, reviewing, and approving display permits have increased. The consumer and cultural permit fees have also remained the same for years.

The purpose of this Act is to ensure the effective administration of the fireworks display permitting process by increasing the consumer and cultural permit fees and the fireworks permit fee.

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;] $          ; 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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 on January 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Fireworks; Permit Fees

Description:

Increases the fireworks permit fees. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)

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