STAND. COM. REP. NO.  781-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1664

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1664 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION FOR FIREWORKS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety by restricting the storage and redistribution of fireworks to permanent and temporary fireworks storage facilities that comply with county building or fire codes, or nationally recognized standards.

 

     An individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Fire and Public Safety, County of Maui; and Kauai Fire Department provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Amending section 132D-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, instead of creating a new section to require that permanent and temporary fireworks storage buildings or structures and buildings or facilities where redistribution activities occur comply with currently adopted county building or fire codes or the latest edition of nationally recognized standards; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1664, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1664, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair