Bill Text: HI HB6 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Fireworks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1 [HB6 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HB6-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FIREWORKS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 132D-8.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) [Any] Unless section
132D-14 provides for a more severe penalty, any person violating subsection
(a), (c), or (d) shall be [subject to the following] guilty of an
offense specified below for shipments of fireworks or articles pyrotechnic[
of:]. If the gross weight of the fireworks or articles pyrotechnic is:
(1) Twenty-five pounds or less[ gross
weight], then the person shall be guilty of a [petty]
misdemeanor;
(2) [Over] More than twenty-five pounds
[to three hundred pounds gross weight shall be a misdemeanor;
(3) Over three hundred pounds] but
less than or equal to ten thousand pounds[ gross weight], then
the person shall be guilty of a class C felony; [and] or
[(4)] [3} More than ten thousand pounds[
gross weight], then the person shall be guilty of a class B
felony."
SECTION 2. Section 132D-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Any person:
(1) Importing aerial devices, display fireworks, or
articles pyrotechnic without having a valid license under section 132D-7 shall
be guilty of a class [C] B felony;
(2) Purchasing, possessing, setting off, igniting, or discharging aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic without a valid permit under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16, or storing, selling, or possessing aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic without a valid license under section 132D-7:
(A) If the total weight of the aerial devices,
display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic is twenty-five pounds or more, shall
be guilty of a class [C] B felony; or
(B) If the total weight of the aerial devices,
display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic is less than twenty-five pounds,
shall be guilty of a [misdemeanor;] class C felony;
(3) Who transfers or sells aerial devices, display
fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic to a person who does not have a valid permit
under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16, shall be guilty of a class [C] B
felony; and
(4) Who removes or extracts the pyrotechnic contents
from any fireworks or articles pyrotechnic and uses the contents to construct
fireworks, articles pyrotechnic, or a fireworks or articles pyrotechnic related
device shall be guilty of a [misdemeanor.] class C felony."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
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, 2017.
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Report Title:
Fireworks; Articles Pyrotechnic; Penalties
Description:
Increases penalties for certain offenses relating to the importation, storage, purchase, possession, setting off, igniting, transfer, sale, alteration, and construction of fireworks.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
