Bill Text: IL HB3852 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois. Provides that firecrackers, sky rockets, and Roman candles are not "fireworks" within the meaning of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3852 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3852-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (425 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 102)
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| 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:
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| 10 | (a) The term fireworks shall mean and include any explosive
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| 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,
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| 18 | bombs or other fireworks of like construction and any
fireworks | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | containing any explosive compound; or any tablets or other
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 22 | (e) The term "Office" shall mean the Office of the State | ||||||
| 23 | Fire Marshal.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 83-474.)
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