STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2305

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2484

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2484 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

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

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council, Kauai Fire Department, and Hawaii Fire Department.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that licensed pyrotechnicians must obtain a permit before conducting fireworks displays in the State.  For thirteen years, the fee has remained the same.  In that same period, administrative costs to process, review, and approve permits have increased.  Your Committee finds that it is appropriate to raise the permit fee to correspond to the increased 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. 2484 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