STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1725

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 680
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Allow the counties to regulate the use of non-aerial
          common fireworks through the issuance of certificates
          of use; and

     (2)  Establish as a misdemeanor the possession, purchase,
          sale, transfer, setting off, igniting, or discharging
          of aerial common fireworks without a license or permit.

     The Conservation Council of Hawaii and the Hawaii Medical
Association testified in support of this bill.  The Department of
Health, the American Lung Association of Hawaii, the American
Constitution Committee, the Honolulu Fire Department, the Hawaii
Fire Chiefs Association, the Waikiki Residents Association, the
Respiratory and Environmental Disabilities Association of Hawaii,
and numerous members of the public commented on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for style, clarity, and consistency.


 
 
 
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     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 S.B. No.
680, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 680,
S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair