Bill Text: HI HB398 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Fireworks; Counties
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB398 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB398-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 243
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 398
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 398 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect the health of communities throughout Hawaii by establishing a statewide ban on fireworks.
The American Lung Association of Hawaii and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Kauai Fire Department supported the intent of this measure. Legislative Information Services of Hawaii and Pinky's 5 Eight opposed this bill. A concerned individual submitted comments.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the substance of House Bill No. 966 which allows counties to enact ordinances or adopt rules regulating fireworks that are more restrictive than the state law regulating fireworks under Chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 398, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 398, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,
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____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair |
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