Full Text of HB3852 101st General Assembly
HB3852 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3852 Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 425 ILCS 30/2 | from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 102 |
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Amends the Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois. Provides that firecrackers, sky rockets, and Roman candles are not "fireworks" within the meaning of the Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (425 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 102)
| 7 | | Sec. 2.
The following words and phrases, when used in this | 8 | | Act, shall
for the purpose of this Act have the following | 9 | | definition and meaning:
| 10 | | (a) The term fireworks shall mean and include any explosive
| 11 | | composition or any substance or combination of substances, or | 12 | | article
prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or | 13 | | audible effect of a
temporary exhibitional nature by explosion, | 14 | | combustion, deflagration or
detonation, and shall include | 15 | | blank cartridges, toy cannons in which
explosives are used, the | 16 | | type of balloons which require fire underneath
to propel the | 17 | | same, firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles,
| 18 | | bombs or other fireworks of like construction and any
fireworks | 19 | | containing any explosive compound; or any tablets or other
| 20 | | device containing any explosive substance, or containing | 21 | | combustible
substances producing visual effects. The term | 22 | | "fireworks" shall not
include snake or glow worm pellets; smoke | 23 | | devices; sparklers; trick noisemakers
known as "party |
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| 1 | | poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches", | 2 | | "cigarette
loads" and "auto burglar alarms"; toy pistols, toy | 3 | | canes, toy guns, or
other devices in which
paper or plastic | 4 | | caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less
of | 5 | | explosive compound are used, provided they are so constructed | 6 | | that
the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place | 7 | | for the
explosion; firecrackers, sky rockets, or Roman candles; | 8 | | and toy pistol paper or plastic caps which contain
less than | 9 | | twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture;
the sale | 10 | | and use of
which shall be permitted at all times.
| 11 | | (b) The term "fireworks plant" shall mean and include all | 12 | | lands,
with buildings thereon, used in connection with the | 13 | | manufacture or
processing of fireworks, as well as storehouses | 14 | | located thereon for the
storage of finished fireworks.
| 15 | | (c) The term "fireworks factory building" shall mean any | 16 | | building or
other structure in which the manufacture of | 17 | | fireworks, or in which any
processing involving fireworks is | 18 | | carried on.
| 19 | | (d) The term "magazine" shall mean any building or other | 20 | | structure
used for the storage of explosive raw materials used | 21 | | in the manufacture
of fireworks.
| 22 | | (e) The term "Office" shall mean the Office of the State | 23 | | Fire Marshal.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 83-474.)
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