STAND. COM. REP. NO.  475-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2271

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2271 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect public health and safety by making:

 

     (1)  The manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, or transport of any dry ice bomb in the state a misdemeanor offense; and

 

     (2)  The knowing possession or intentionally use of or threatened use of a dry ice bomb in the commission of a crime a class C felony.

 

     The Koko Head Black Powder Club provided comments on this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Excluding ammunition or reloading apparatus for ammunition used in licensed firearms from the definition of "dry ice bomb";

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to December 21, 2058; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2271, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2271, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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JON RIKI KARAMATSU, Chair