as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to public safety; regulating fireworks; 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 624.20, 1.4 subdivision 1. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 624.20, 1.7 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 1.8 Subdivision 1. (a) As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, 1.9 the term "fireworks" means any substance or combination of 1.10 substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a 1.11 visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, 1.12 deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy 1.13 cannons, and toy canes in which explosives are used, the type of 1.14 balloons which require fire underneath to propel them, 1.15 firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, 1.16 sparklersother than those specified in paragraph (c), or other 1.17 fireworks of like construction, and any fireworks containing any 1.18 explosive or inflammable compound, or any tablets or other 1.19 device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as 1.20 fireworks. 1.21 (b) The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy 1.22 guns, in which paper caps containing 25/100 grains or less of 1.23 explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps which contain 1.24 less than 20/100 grains of explosive mixture. 1.25(c) The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers2.1of not more than 100 grams of mixture per item, other sparkling2.2items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 grams2.3or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 grams or2.4less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices,2.5or trick noisemakers which include paper streamers, party2.6poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each2.7consisting of not more than twenty-five hundredths grains of2.8explosive mixture. The use of items listed in this paragraph is2.9not permitted on public property. This paragraph does not2.10authorize the purchase of items listed in it by persons younger2.11than 18 years of age. The age of a purchaser of items listed in2.12this paragraph must be verified by photographic identification.