STAND. COM. REP. NO. 721-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2193

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2193, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize certain law enforcement officers and county fire department officers and firefighters to enter and inspect any fireworks licensee's or permittee's premises, under certain conditions, to verify compliance with the State's Fireworks Control Law;

(2) Establish procedures for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct administrative inspections of controlled premises;

(3) Require licensees and permittees to keep records, maintain inventories, and report any stolen fireworks or articles pyrotechnic;

(4) Authorize a law enforcement agency or county fire department to safely dispose of confiscated fireworks and articles pyrotechnic and require violators to be held liable for storage and disposal costs;

(5) Specify acts that constitute separate violations of the Fireworks Control Law;

(6) Authorize the Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to the counties, to enforce the Fireworks Control Law; and

(7) Appropriate funds to implement this measure and continue operations of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Law Enforcement; Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21; Hawaiian Humane Society; and nine individuals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2193, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair