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AZ HB2602

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2016

Primary Sponsor

Sonny Borrelli

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Adds "full-line consumer fireworks" (aerial fireworks like sky rockets, roman candles, and shell devices) as a new category of permitted fireworks that can be sold to out-of-state residents and in-state residents who sign a document to remove them within 48 hours.

  • Restricts full-line consumer fireworks sales to permanent retail structures not exceeding 10,000 square feet equipped with fire suppression systems that meet NFPA 1124 standards; prohibits their use in Arizona without a local permit.

  • Allows counties with populations over 500,000 and counties with populations under 500,000 to regulate the sale and use of both permissible and full-line consumer fireworks, including prohibition during fire restrictions.

  • Updates NFPA 1124 reference from 2013 edition to 2016 edition and replaces outdated language regarding shipments of fireworks outside the state.

  • Includes firecrackers as a permissible consumer firework and adds full-line consumer fireworks to existing state preemption provisions for fireworks regulation.

Legislative Description

Fireworks; permitted uses; regulation

Last Action

Referred to House RULES Committee

2/18/2016

Full Bill Text

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