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(By Senator D. Hall)
A BILL to repeal §11-12-86 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal §29-3-23, §29-3-24, §29-3-25 and §29-3-26 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §29-3E-1, §29-3E-2, §29-3E-3, §29-3E-4, §29-3E-5, §29-3E-6, §29-3E-7, §29-3E-8, §29-3E-9, §29-3E-10, §29-3E-11, §29-3E-12 and §29-3E-13; and to amend and reenact §61-3E-1 and §61-3E-11 of said code, all relating to regulation of fireworks; defining terms; setting forth State Fire Marshal’s authority; requiring registration, certification or permit; establishing requirements for registration, certification and permit; establishing special revenue account; setting forth State Fire Marshal’s rule-making authority; providing authority to investigate complaints; and providing criminal penalties.
That §11-12-86 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §29-3-23, §29-3-24, §29-3-25 and §29-3-26 of said code be repealed; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §29-3E-1, §29-3E-2, §29-3E-3, §29-3E-4, §29-3E-5, §29-3E-6, §29-3E-7, §29-3E-8, §29-3E-9, §29-3E-10, §29-3E-11, §29-3E-12 and §29-3E-13; and that §61-3E-1 and §61-3E-11 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(1) "Agricultural and wildlife fireworks" means fireworks devices distributed to farmers, ranchers and growers through a wildlife management program administered by the United States Department of the Interior or the Department of Natural Resources
(2) "APA Standard 87-1" means the APA Standard 87-1 published by the American Pyrotechnics Association of Bethesda, Maryland, as amended, and incorporated by reference into Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
(3) "Articles pyrotechnic" means pyrotechnic devices for professional use that are similar to consumer fireworks in chemical composition and construction but not intended for consumer use, that meet the weight limits for consumer fireworks but are not labeled as such, and that are classified as UN0431 or UN0432 under 49 C.F.R. 172.101;
(4) "Consumer fireworks" means small fireworks devices that are designed to produce visible effects by combustion and that are required to comply with the construction, chemical composition and labeling regulations promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. Parts 1500 and 1507, and that are listed in APA Standard 87-1. Consumer fireworks do not include sparkling devices, novelties and toy caps;
(5) "Consumer fireworks certificate" is a certificate issued under section five of this article;
(6) "Display fireworks" means large fireworks to be used solely by professional pyrotechnicians licensed by the State Fire Marshal and designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration or detonation and includes, but is not limited to, salutes containing more than two grains (one hundred thirty milligrams) of explosive materials, aerial shells containing more than forty grams of pyrotechnic compositions and other display pieces that exceed the limits of explosive materials for classification as consumer fireworks and are classified as fireworks UN0333, UN0334, or UN0335 under 49 C.F.R. §172.101;
(8) "Division 1.3 explosive" means that term as defined in 49 C.F.R. §173.50;
(9) "Division 1.4 explosive" means that term as defined in 49 C.F.R. §173.50;
(14) "New explosive" means that term as defined in 49 C.F.R. §173.56;
(15) “Novelties” as defined under APA standard 87-1 3.2;
(16) "Person" means an individual, or the responsible person for an association, an organization, a partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, or any other group or combination acting as a unit;
(17) "Pyrotechnic composition" means a mixture of chemicals that produces a visible or audible effect by combustion rather than deflagration or detonation. A pyrotechnic composition will not explode upon ignition unless severely confined;
(18) "Retailer" means a person who purchases consumer fireworks for resale to consumers;
(19) "Sparkling devices” means “ground or handheld sparkling devices” as that phrase is defined under APA 87-1, 3.1.1 and 3.5;
(20) "Special effects" means a combination of chemical elements or chemical compounds capable of burning independently of the oxygen of the atmosphere and designed and intended to produce an audible, visual, mechanical, or thermal effect as an integral part of a motion picture, radio, television, theatrical, or opera production or live entertainment;
(21) "Toy Caps" means as defined under APA 87-1 3.3; and
(c) A consumer fireworks certificate is valid from October 1 through September 30 of each year or any fraction thereof and expires on September 30 of each year.
(c) The State Fire Marshal may require approval of the local police and fire authorities of the community where the display is proposed to be held.
(a) In addition to the sales tax, a user fee of six cents on the dollar of sales, known as the fireworks safety fee, is levied on retail sales of consumer fireworks in this state. The fee shall be distributed pursuant to the provisions of this section. The fee computation under this section shall be carried to the third decimal place, and the tax rounded up to the next whole cent whenever the third decimal place is greater than four and rounded down to the lower whole cent whenever the third decimal place is four or less.
(b) A person who acquires consumer fireworks in a retail transaction is liable for the fireworks safety fee on the transaction and, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall pay the fireworks safety fee to the retailer as a separate added amount to the consideration in the transaction.
(d) The fireworks safety fee shall be deposited in the State Fire Commission’s special account established in subsection (c), section twelve-b, article three of this chapter to be distributed for the administration of this article.
(a) A person may not ignite, discharge or use consumer fireworks on public property or private property without the express permission of the owner to do so.
(b) A person may not ignite or discharge any consumer fireworks or sparkling devices within or throw the same from a motor vehicle or building.
(c) A person may not ignite or discharge any consumer fireworks or sparkling devices into or at a motor vehicle or building, or at any person or group of people.
(d) A person may not ignite or discharge any consumer fireworks or sparkling devices while the person:
§29-3E-12. Criminal penalties.
Any person who violates this article or any rules promulgated pursuant to section eight of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100 or confined in the regional jail not more than ninety days, or both.
"Destructive device" does not include a firearm as such is defined in section two, article seven of this chapter or model rockets and their components as defined in this section twenty-three, article three, chapter twenty-nine of this code or fireworks as defined in section two, article three-e, chapter twenty-nine of this code, or high power rockets and their components as defined in this section.
(c) “High power rocket” is defined as in National Fire Protection Association Standard 1127, “Code for High Power Rocketry.”
(c)(d) "Hoax bomb" means any device or object that by its design, construction, content or characteristics appears to be, or is represented to be or to contain a destructive device, explosive material or incendiary device as defined in this section, but is, in fact, an inoperative facsimile or imitation of such a destructive device, explosive material or incendiary device.
(g) “Model rocket” is defined as in National Fire Protection Association Standard 1122, “Code for Model Rocketry.”
(c) Nothing contained in this article applies to the sale, purchase, possession, use, transportation or storage of fireworks as regulated in article three-e, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
§29-3E-1, §29-3E-2, §29-3E-3, §29-3E-4, §29-3E-5, §29-3E-6, §29-3E-7, §29-3E-8. §29-3E-9, §29-3E-10, §29-3E-11, §29-3E-12 and §29-3E-13 are new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
§11-12-86, §29-3-23, §29-3-24, §29-3-25 and §29-3-26 has been repealed.