Bill Text: HI HB1481 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). [HB1481 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB1481-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE REDUCED IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Authorize the use of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the duties and responsibilities of the state fire council in addition to administering and enforcing the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program; and
(2) Appropriate $70,000 from the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund for fiscal year 2022-2023 for these purposes.
SECTION 2. Section 132C-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Moneys in the reduced ignition
propensity cigarette program special fund shall be administered and expended by
the state fire council [to] as follows:
(1) To defray the actual cost of activities and requirements of section 132C-4, including employing one full‑time administrator and one full-time assistant whose duties shall include:
[(1)] (A) Adopting
administrative rules for program implementation, establishing compliance
inspections, and approving forms and enforcement procedures and guidelines;
[(2)] (B) Receiving
certifications for approximately [six] eight hundred different
brands and styles of cigarettes from the manufacturers;
[(3)] (C) Compiling
a list of the cigarette brands and styles for which manufacturers have
submitted certifications, verifying tax
stamp compliance with the department of the attorney general, and posting the
list of certified brands and styles on a state website for informational
purposes only;
[(4)] (D) Reviewing
and approving, as needed, any alternative test methods or fire standard
compliance markings submitted by the manufacturer; and
[(5)] (E) If
needed, submitting certified cigarettes to an accredited laboratory for testing
to verify that performance standards have been met[.]; and
(2) To defray the cost of statewide fire prevention, education, life safety, and preparedness programs, especially as they relate to youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities, including the hiring of administrative personnel."
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund the sum of $70,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the purposes described in section 132C-9(b)(2), Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended by section 2 of this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the state fire council for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2060.
Report Title:
State Fire Council Package; Fire Protection; Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Program Special Fund; Appropriation
Description:
Authorizes additional uses for moneys in the reduced ignition propensity cigarette program special fund to support the state fire council and its programs and activities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
