HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2720

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to fireworks.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 132D-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§132D-10  Permits.  A permit shall be required for the purchase and use of:

     (1)  Any consumer fireworks [commonly known as firecrackers] upon payment of a fee [of $25;] in an amount established by the county issuing the permit.

     (2)  Any aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic for the purposes of section 132D-16 upon payment of a fee of $110; and

     (3)  Any consumer fireworks for the purposes of section 132D-5 or for cultural uses that occur at any time other than during the periods prescribed in section 132D-3(1) upon a payment of a fee [of $25.] in an amount established by the county issuing the permit.

     (b)  The proceeds of the fees collected under subsection (a)(1) and (3) shall be used exclusively by, and at the discretion of, the police department in the county that collected the fee."

     SECTION 2.  Section 132D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§132D-17  Inconsistent county ordinances, rules.  [Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary,] Except as provided in this chapter, including section 132D-10, no county shall enact ordinances or adopt any rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic[, except as required in this chapter,] that is inconsistent with or more restrictive than[,] the provisions of this chapter.  Any ordinances and rules regulating fireworks or articles pyrotechnic that were enacted or adopted by a county before March 31, 1995, except those provisions which are not inconsistent with, or more restrictive than those of this chapter, are declared void."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Consumer Fireworks; Permit Fees; Counties; Enforcement

 

Description:

Requires a permit for the purchase of all consumer fireworks and requires the counties to set the fee for a consumer fireworks permit.  Also directs the proceeds of the permit fee to be used exclusively by, and at the discretion of the police department in the county that collected the fee.

 

 

 

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