HB 2470 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-1608 to establish a tiered penalty structure for using fireworks as prohibited in section 36-1601(7)(c).

• First violation results in a civil penalty of $1,000.

• Second violation within 60 months of the first violation results in a civil penalty of $2,000.

• Third violation within 60 months of the first violation constitutes a class 3 misdemeanor.

• Using fireworks or permissible consumer fireworks on city or town preservation lands (for municipalities with over 15,000 acres of preservation land) is a class 1 misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000.