STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2180

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2186

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2186 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the fireworks display permit fee from $110 to $300.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council and Kauai County Fire Department.

 

     Your Committee finds that the fireworks display permit fee, which authorizes licensed pyrotechnicians to conduct outdoor and close proximity fireworks for special public or private events and theatrical or movie purposes, has remained the same since it was established fourteen years ago.  However, during that time, the cost to process, review, and approve display permits has increased.  Therefore, your Committee finds that the fireworks display permit fee needs to be increased to keep pace with the rise in governmental administrative costs.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2186 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair