STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3617

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 84

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 84 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF HARBOR INSPECTION PROCEDURES OF STATE DEPARTMENTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS INTO THE STATE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct an audit of harbor inspection procedures of state departments and federal agencies for shipping containers to prevent the importation of illegal fireworks into the State.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Office of the Auditor.

Your Committees find that the lack of sufficient cargo inspections increases the opportunity for illegal fireworks to enter the State. Furthermore, the Illegal Fireworks Task Force, established by Act 170, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, recommended in its January 2011 report an increase in random inspections for illegal fireworks by expanding the inspection authority for state departments and focusing cargo inspections to make the inspections more manageable. This measure will allow the State to determine any necessary changes to inspection procedures at state harbors that would reduce the volume of illegal fireworks being imported into the State by requesting the Auditor to conduct an audit of harbor inspection procedures of state departments and federal agencies for shipping containers to prevent the importation of illegal fireworks into the State.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 84 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Transportation,

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair