STAND. COM. REP. NO.  600-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2642

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2642 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make changes to Chapter 132D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to fireworks, by:

 

(1)  Amending the "display fireworks" definition to specify that the term includes fused setpieces containing components that together exceed 50 milligrams of pyrotechnic composition;

 

(2)  Restricting the importation of display fireworks to amounts necessary for a permitted display, except for qualified importers of certain fireworks; and

 

(3)  Changing the fireworks shipment documentation requirements and the imported display fireworks labeling requirements.

 

     Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics, Inc. testified in support of this measure.  The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Kauai Fire Department, and the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety testified in support of the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Retaining existing statutory language whereby:

 

(A)  Aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic for display shall be imported and stored, if necessary, in an amount sufficient for an anticipated three-month inventory; and

 

(B)  A licensee who provides such devices, fireworks, or articles more than once a month, may import or store the items for a six-month inventory; and

 

(2)  Specifying that section 132D-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the importation of aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic for display, shall not apply to licensees who provide proof of ownership of an approved fireworks storage facility, accurate recordkeeping and auditing procedures of fireworks, and the production of at least 12 displays within the last 12 calendar months.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2642, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2642, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair