HLS 15RS-1185 ENGROSSED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 298
BY REPRESENTATIVE BURRELL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AMUSEMENTS/FIREWORKS: Provides for the time period regarding the sale of
fireworks
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 51:652(B) and 656(B)(2), relative to the sale of fireworks; to
3 provide for the dates and times during which fireworks may be sold; to provide with
4 respect to the issuance of retailer permits; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 51:652(B) and 656(B)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7as follows:
8 §652. Proper naming; certification on shipping cases; time for selling; exceptions;
9 sale and storage in homes prohibited
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11 B. Permissible items of fireworks, enumerated in R.S. 51:651 may be sold
12 at retail from noon June twenty-fifth sixteenth through midnight July fifth and noon
13 December fifteenth through midnight January first of each year only, except that the
14 term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices
15 in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths (25/100) grains or less of
16 explosive compounds are used, provided they are so constructed that the hand cannot
17 come in contact with the cap when in place for exploding, and toy paper pistol caps
18 which contain less than twenty-five hundredths (25/100) grains of explosive
19 compounds, and the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times.
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21 §656. Permit to sell fireworks; application; fees; permit numbers
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3 (2) The retail permit shall be effective for purchases of wholesale fireworks,
4 and the permit shall be effective from the date of issuance through midnight
5 December thirty-first of the applicable year. No retailer's permit shall be issued under
6 pursuant to this Part from June twenty-fifth sixteenth through July fifth nor from
7 December fifteenth through January first of each year. All other permits issued under
8 pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be valid from the date issued through
9 midnight April first of the ensuing permit year. All applications filed after April first
10 shall be assessed a late fee equal to the amount of the permit required by this Section.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 298 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Burrell
Abstract: Provides with respect to the sale of fireworks.
Present law allows the sale of fireworks from June 25 through July 5 and from Dec. 15
through Jan. 1 of each year.
Proposed law changes the start date for the sale of fireworks from June 25 to June 16 and
otherwise retains present law.
Present law requires that in order to sell, construct, or manufacture fireworks, a retailer or
manufacturer must first obtain a retailer permit from the state fire marshal.
Present law prohibits the issuance of retailer permits from June 25 through July 5 and from
Dec. 15 through Jan. 1 of each year.
Proposed law changes the dates of present law and prohibits the issuance of retailer permits
from June 16 through July 5. Otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 51:652(B) and 656(B)(2))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the
original bill:
1. Restore provisions of present law applicable to retailer permit fees.
2. Restore the definition of "resident" as defined in present law.
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