(a) It shall be unlawful for any person without a permit issued under § 132D-10 by a county fire department to:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-5

  • Consumer fireworks: include firework items commonly known as firecrackers that are single paper cylinders not exceeding one and one-half inches in length excluding the fuse and one-quarter of an inch in diameter and contain a charge of not more than fifty milligrams of pyrotechnic composition, snakes, sparklers, fountains, and cylindrical or cone fountains that emit effects up to a height not greater than twelve feet above the ground, illuminating torches, bamboo cannons, whistles, toy smoke devices, wheels, and ground spinners that when ignited remain within a circle with a radius of twelve feet as measured from the point where the item was placed and ignited, novelty or trick items, combination items, and other fireworks of like construction that are designed to produce the same or similar effects. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Fireworks: means any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation and that meets the definition of aerial device or consumer or display fireworks as defined by this section and contained in the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation as set forth in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
  • Permit: means a nontransferable, formal authorization, valid for a period not to exceed one calendar year from the date of issuance and which a county is hereby authorized to issue under this chapter, to engage in the act or acts specifically designated herein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
  • pyrotechnic contents: means the combustible or explosive component of fireworks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
(1) Remove or extract the pyrotechnic contents from any fireworks;
(2) Throw any ignited fireworks:

(A) From, at, or into a vehicle;
(B) At a person or an animal; and
(C) From above the first floor of any building; or
(3) Set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any fireworks:

(A) Above the first floor of any building;
(B) In any vehicle;
(C) At any time not within the periods for use prescribed in § 132D-3;
(D) Within one thousand feet of any operating hospital, licensed convalescent home, licensed home for the elderly, zoo, licensed animal shelter, or licensed animal hospital;
(E) In any school building, or on any school grounds and yards without first obtaining authorization from appropriate school officials;
(F) On any highway, alley, street, sidewalk, or other public way; in any park; on any public beach; in any officially designated forest or wildlife preserve; within fifty feet of a canefield; or within one thousand feet of any building used for public worship during the periods when services are held; and
(G) Within five hundred feet of any hotel.
(b) It shall be unlawful to purchase consumer fireworks more than five calendar days before the time periods for permissible use under § 132D-3.
(c) It shall be unlawful to sell consumer fireworks after 12:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day, 6:00 p.m. on Chinese New Year’s Day, and 8:00 p.m. on the Fourth of July.

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