SB 1334 Summary

• Adds "multiple-tube aerial devices" to the definition of permissible consumer fireworks in counties with populations exceeding 500,000 persons, defining them as devices meeting specifications in APA 87-1 standard sections 3.1.2.5 and 3.5, excluding single-shot or reloadable aerial shells.

• Defines "adult snappers" as fuseless firecrackers in paper or plastic tubes that meet United States consumer product safety commission and American fireworks safety laboratory standards for counties with populations exceeding 500,000 persons.

• Clarifies that permissible consumer fireworks in high-population counties do not include firecrackers, bottle rockets, sky rockets, missile-type rockets, helicopters, aerial spinners, torpedoes, roman candles, mine devices, shell devices, or reloadable tubes.

• Adds requirement that retail establishments selling permissible consumer fireworks cannot be housed in temporary facilities as defined by NFPA 1124, with exception for consumer firework retail sale stands.

• Reformats civil penalty amounts in section 36-1605 from spelled-out language to numerical format ($500, $150, and $1,000 per violation for various violations).