Bill Text: HI SB2302 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 2302 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Fireworks; Prohibitions; Storage

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-06 - Referred to PBS, JUD, referral sheet 28 [SB2302 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2302-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2302
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to fireworks.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to define new terms and clarify practices relating to fireworks in accordance with nationally recognized standards for consistent statewide application. This Act also creates two exceptions for the use of prohibited fireworks - for movie productions and for those authorized to dispose or test consumer fireworks.

SECTION 2. Section 132D-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By adding three new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read:

""Authority having jurisdiction" means an organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a law, code, or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.

"Permanent fireworks storage" means a building or structure affixed to a foundation on a site and having fixed utility connections that is intended to remain on the site for more than one hundred eighty consecutive calendar days in which fireworks are received, stored, and shipped, but in which no manufacturing is performed.

"Temporary fireworks storage" means a building or structure not meeting the definition for permanent fireworks storage and used for fireworks storage for less than one hundred eighty consecutive calendar days in a twelve month period."

2. By amending the definition of "license" to read:

""License" means a nontransferable, formal authorization, valid for a period not to exceed one [~~calendar~~] year from the date of issuance and which the department is hereby authorized to issue under this chapter, to engage in the act or acts specifically designated herein."

SECTION 3. Section 132D-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person [~~without a permit issued under section 132D-10 by a county fire department~~] to:

(1) Remove or extract the pyrotechnic contents from any fireworks;

(2) Throw any ignited fireworks:

(A) From, at, or into a vehicle;

(B) At a person or an animal; and

(3) Set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any fireworks:

(A) Above the first floor of any building;

(B) In any vehicle;

(D) Within one thousand feet of any operating hospital, licensed convalescent home, licensed home for the elderly, zoo, licensed animal shelter, or licensed animal hospital;

(E) In any school building, or on any school grounds and yards without first obtaining authorization from appropriate school officials;

(F) On any highway, alley, street, sidewalk, or other public way; in any park; on any public beach; in any officially designated forest or wildlife preserve; within fifty feet of a canefield; or within one thousand feet of any building used for public worship during the periods when services are held; and

(G) Within five hundred feet of any hotel."

SECTION 4. Section 132D-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§132D-6[]] Exceptions. The prohibitions in section 132D-5 do not apply to:

(1) The use of flares, noisemakers, or signals for warning, pest control, or illumination purposes by police and fire departments, utility companies, transportation agencies, and other governmental or private agencies or persons, including agricultural operations, in connection with emergencies, their duties, or business; [~~and~~]

(2) The sale or use of blank cartridges for a show or theater, or for signal, commercial, or institutional purposes in athletics or sports[.];

(3) The purchase and use of consumer fireworks, aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic in a film or movie production with a valid permit issued by a county pursuant to section 132D-10; and

(4) The testing, disposal, or destruction of illegal or unwanted fireworks by the authority having jurisdiction."

SECTION 5. Section 132D-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§132D-8 Application for license. (a) All licenses required under section 132D-7 shall be issued by the county and shall be nontransferable. Licenses to import shall specify the date of issuance or effect and the date of expiration, which shall be March 31 of each year. The application shall be made on a form setting forth the date upon which the importations are to begin, the address of the location of the importer, and the name of the proprietor or, if a partnership, the name of the partnership and the names of all partners or, if a corporation, the name of the corporation and the names of its officers. The application for a license to import display fireworks, articles pyrotechnic, or aerial devices shall include written documentation of the proposed display event and related contact information in a form prescribed by the applicable county. If the state fire council or county discovers at a later date that a licensee has been convicted of a felony under this chapter, the licensee's license shall be revoked and no new license shall be issued to the licensee for two years.

(b) Each storage, wholesaling, and retailing site shall be required to obtain a separate license. The license shall specify the date of issuance or effect and the date of expiration, which shall be March 31 of each year. The application shall be made on a form setting forth the date upon which the storage, sale, or offers for sale are to begin, the address of the location of the licensee, and the name of the proprietor, or, if a partnership, the name of the partnership and the names of all partners or, if a corporation, the name of the corporation and the name of its officers. Any license issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked by the county if the licensee violates any provision of this chapter or if the licensee stores or handles the fireworks in such a manner as to present an unreasonable safety hazard.

(c) Permanent and temporary fireworks storage buildings or structures and buildings or facilities where redistribution activities are performed shall comply with the applicable county building or fire code, or nationally recognized standards for safety established for fireworks storage facilities.

[~~(c)~~] (d) It shall be unlawful for any licensee, other than a wholesaler who is selling or transferring fireworks or articles pyrotechnic to a licensed retailer, to sell or offer to sell, exchange for consideration, give, transfer, or donate any fireworks or articles pyrotechnic at any time to any person who does not present a permit duly issued as required by section 132D-10 or 132D-16. The permit shall be signed by the seller or transferor at the time of sale or transfer of the fireworks or articles pyrotechnic, and the seller or transferor shall indicate on the permit the amount and type of fireworks or articles pyrotechnic sold or transferred. No person shall sell or deliver fireworks to any permittee in any amount in excess of the amount specified in the permit, less the amount shown on the permit to have been previously purchased; provided that no fireworks shall be sold to a permittee holding a permit issued for purposes of section 132D-3, more than five calendar days before the applicable time period under section 132D-3.

[~~(d)~~] (e) Aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic shall only be sold or transferred by a wholesaler to a person with a valid permit under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16. No person with a valid permit under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16 shall sell or transfer aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic to any other person.

[~~(e)~~] (f) Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be prominently displayed in public view at each licensed location."

SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Fireworks; Prohibitions; Storage

Description:

Adds definitions and requirements for permanent and temporary consumer fireworks storage facilities. Clarifies fireworks prohibitions and exceptions to those fireworks prohibitions.

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