1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to public safety; exempting sparklers and 
  1.3             other novelty items from the definition of fireworks; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 624.20, 
  1.5             subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 624.20, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, the 
  1.10  term "fireworks" means any substance or combination of 
  1.11  substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a 
  1.12  visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, 
  1.13  deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy 
  1.14  cannons, and toy canes in which explosives are used, the type of 
  1.15  balloons which require fire underneath to propel them, 
  1.16  firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, 
  1.17  sparklers, or other fireworks of like construction, and any 
  1.18  fireworks containing any explosive or inflammable compound, or 
  1.19  any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance 
  1.20  and commonly used as fireworks.  The term "fireworks" shall not 
  1.21  include toy pistols, toy guns, in which paper caps containing 
  1.22  25/100 grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy 
  1.23  pistol caps which contain less than 20/100 grains of explosive 
  1.24  mixture, snake or glow worms, smoke devices, party poppers, 
  1.25  snappers, drop pops, and sparklers.