STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 568
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.B. No. 1245
H.D. 2
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1245, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS INFRACTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish an expeditious adjudication system for the processing of fireworks infractions; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the Judiciary to update its information management system to implement the adjudications process proposed by this measure.
Your Committee finds that enforcement of the Fireworks Control Law is wanting. Increased enforcement is needed to protect property from avoidable fire damage and to protect persons from fire- and explosion-related injuries, respiratory distress, and the retraumatizing effects of loud explosions.
Your Committee further finds that alternative enforcement mechanisms should be considered to promote enforcement with the Fireworks Control Law. An expeditious system for processing fireworks infractions that is similar to the system for processing traffic infractions will allow the Judiciary to expediently process violations of the Fireworks Control Law.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1245, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1245, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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