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AZ HB2602
Bill
Status
2/10/2016
Primary Sponsor
Sonny Borrelli
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Updates NFPA 1124 reference from 2013 edition to 2016 edition and replaces outdated language regarding shipments of fireworks outside the state.
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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