Bill Text: HI SB171 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Fireworks

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB171 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB171-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 574

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 171

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 171, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FIREWORKS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make it unlawful to ignite, possess, sell, or otherwise use aerial luminaries, and to define "aerial luminary".

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Kaua‘i Fire Department, and Department of Fire and Public Safety of the County of Maui.

 

     Your Committee finds that the uncontrolled release of aerial luminaries is a potential fire hazard that poses a risk of danger to life and property.  Known generically as sky lanterns, aerial luminaries rise when a flame is lit and can reach altitudes of one thousand feet but are subject to wind conditions.  They can land anywhere, such as on houses, in trees, or on power lines.  Aerial luminaries were introduced in Hawaii in large numbers in 2010.  Your Committee finds that this measure takes a proactive step in addressing fire hazards before they occur.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to allow for further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 171, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 171, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

 

		____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair