Bill Text: IL HB2168 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Pyrotechnic Use Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2168 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2168-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2168 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
425 ILCS 35/1 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127
Amends the Pyrotechnic Use Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Pyrotechnic Use Act is amended by changing
Section 1 as follows:
(425 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127)
Sec. 1. Definitions. As used in this Act, the the
following words shall have the following meanings:
"1.3G fireworks" means those fireworks used for
professional outdoor displays and classified as fireworks
UN0333, UN0334, or UN0335 by the United States Department of
Transportation under 49 C.F.R. 172.101.
"Consumer distributor" means any person who distributes,
offers for sale, sells, or exchanges for consideration
consumer fireworks in Illinois to another distributor or
directly to any retailer or person for resale.
"Consumer fireworks" means those fireworks that must
comply with the construction, chemical composition, and
labeling regulations of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety
Commission, as set forth in 16 C.F.R. Parts 1500 and 1507, and
classified as fireworks UN0336 or UN0337 by the United States
Department of Transportation under 49 C.F.R. 172.101.
"Consumer fireworks" shall not include snake or glow worm

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pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers known as "party
poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches",
"cigarette loads", and "auto burglar alarms"; sparklers; toy
pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper
or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or
less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so
constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap
when in place for the explosion; and toy pistol paper or
plastic caps that contain less than twenty hundredths grains
of explosive mixture; the sale and use of which shall be
permitted at all times.
"Consumer fireworks display" or "consumer display" means
the detonation, ignition, or deflagration of consumer
fireworks to produce a visual or audible effect.
"Consumer operator" means an adult individual who is
responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the
consumer fireworks display and who has completed the training
required in Section 2.2 of this Act.
"Consumer retailer" means any person who offers for sale,
sells, or exchanges for consideration consumer fireworks in
Illinois directly to any person with a consumer display
permit.
"Display fireworks" means 1.3G or special effects
fireworks or as further defined in the Pyrotechnic Distributor
and Operator Licensing Act.
"Flame effect" means the detonation, ignition, or

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deflagration of flammable gases, liquids, or special materials
to produce a thermal, physical, visual, or audible effect
before the public, invitees, or licensees, regardless of
whether admission is charged, in accordance with National Fire
Protection Association 160 guidelines, and as may be further
defined in the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing
Act.
"Lead pyrotechnic operator" means an individual who is
responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the
pyrotechnic display or pyrotechnic service and who is licensed
pursuant to the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing
Act.
"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation,
association, partnership, company, consortium, joint venture,
commercial entity, state, municipality, or political
subdivision of a state or any agency, department, or
instrumentality of the United States and any officer, agent,
or employee of these entities.
"Production company" means any person in the film, digital
and video media, television, commercial, music, or theatrical
stage industry who provides pyrotechnic services or
pyrotechnic display services as part of a film, digital and
video media, television, commercial, music, or theatrical
production in the State of Illinois and is licensed by the
Office pursuant to the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator
Licensing Act.

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"Pyrotechnic display" means the detonation, ignition, or
deflagration of display fireworks or flame effects to produce
visual or audible effects of an exhibitional nature before the
public, invitees, or licensees, regardless of whether
admission is charged, and as may be further defined in the
Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing Act.
"Pyrotechnic distributor" means any person who distributes
display fireworks for sale in the State of Illinois or
provides them as part of a pyrotechnic display service in the
State of Illinois or provides only pyrotechnic services and is
licensed by the Office pursuant to the Pyrotechnic Distributor
and Operator Licensing Act.
"Pyrotechnic service" means the detonation, ignition, or
deflagration of display fireworks, special effects, or flame
effects to produce a visual or audible effect.
"Special effects fireworks" means pyrotechnic devices used
for special effects by professionals in the performing arts in
conjunction with theatrical, musical, or other productions
that are similar to consumer fireworks in chemical
compositions and construction, but are not intended for
consumer use and are not labeled as such or identified as
"intended for indoor use". "Special effects fireworks" are
classified as fireworks UN0431 or UN0432 by the United States
Department of Transportation under 49 C.F.R. 172.101.
(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)