STAND. COM. REP. NO.  414-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1666

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1666 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure public safety relating to fireworks by addressing the tracking, redistribution, and transportation of fireworks.  Specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Delineates the notification requirements for fireworks shippers;

    

     (2)  Adds a definition of "redistribution" relating to fireworks; and

 

     (3)  Clarifies the labeling size of display fireworks.

 

     The Hawaii State Fire Council and the Honolulu Fire Department supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1666 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Transportation,

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair