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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 664
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3001
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE AND USE OF CONSUMER GRADE
FIREWORKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) expand the type of 1
fireworks that may be legally sold and used in this state by allowing 2
the sale and use of all consumer fireworks permitted by federal law; (2) 3
allow any person twenty-one years of age or older to use or explode 4
consumer fireworks from six o'clock p.m. to eleven o'clock p.m. on any 5
day and from eleven o'clock p.m. on New Year's Eve until one o'clock 6
a.m. on New Year's Day; (3) require the Commissioner of Consumer 7
Protection to create a license to sell consumer fireworks and require a 8
seller to obtain such license and a federal fireworks license before 9
selling consumer fireworks; (4) allow licensees to store and sell 10
consumer fireworks only from a permanent facility in accordance with 11
the National Fire Protection Association Section 1124: Code for the 12
Manufacture, Transportation, and Storage of Fireworks and 13
Pyrotechnic Articles, 2006 edition; (5) require a separate license from 14
the Department of Consumer Protection for each location that sells 15
fireworks; (6) require the State Fire Marshal to (A) inspect the premises 16
where fireworks are sold, stored and offered for retail sale to the 17 Proposed Bill No. 664
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public, and (B) enforce the age and time of day restrictions on use of 18
fireworks; (7) impose a tax on the initial sale of fireworks in the state at 19
the rate of five per cent of the average wholesale price, with tax 20
revenue deposited into a consumer fireworks account for distribution 21
to the firefighters cancer relief account and the state fire school training 22
and education extension account; (8) provide that an unlicensed seller 23
who offers or exposes for sale, sells at retail or possesses with the 24
intent to sell consumer fireworks commits an unfair trade practice; and 25
(9) provide that a person is guilty of a class C misdemeanor if the 26
person (A) is an unlicensed seller who offers or exposes for sale, sells at 27
retail or possesses with the intent to sell consumer fireworks, or (B) 28
violates the age restrictions on possession of fireworks or the time of 29
day restrictions on use of fireworks. 30
Statement of Purpose:
To permit the sale and use of consumer grade fireworks.