Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-22 - MANUFACTURING, STORAGE, SALES, EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS OF FIREWORKS AND PYROTECHNICS, USE OF FLAME EFFECTS BEFORE A PROXIMATE AUDIENCE › Rule 120-3-22-.11 - Sales of Consumer Fireworks

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Except as provided for herein, the sale
				of consumer fireworks at retail or wholesale locations shall be permitted only
				after the seller has obtained a fireworks distributor license.
(2) The fireworks distributor license shall
				be posted at a prominent location within each location which sells consumer
				fireworks
(3) The wholesale sale of
				consumer fireworks shall be conducted from a distribution facility as defined
				in NFPA 1124, 2006 edition entitled, Code for the Manufacture, Transportation,
				Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles, and shall not
				be conducted from a consumer fireworks retail sales facility, store, or
				temporary stand.
(4) A consumer
				fireworks retail sales facility or store shall meet the minimum fire safety and
				construction requirements of the 2006 edition of the National Fire Protection
				Association (NFPA) 1124 entitled,
Code for the Manufacture,
				Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic
				Articles
and as modified herein this chapter. In accordance with the
International Building Code
(IBC), consumer fireworks retail
				sales facilities and stores having a maximum quantity of consumer fireworks on
				hand exceeding 500 pounds gross packaged product weight shall have installed an
				NFPA 13 compliant automatic sprinkler system designed as an Ordinary Hazard
				Group 2 hazard facility. Where consumer fireworks retail sales facilities and
				stores have both a maximum quantity of consumer fireworks on hand exceeding 500
				pounds gross packaged product weight and a ceiling height exceeding 16 feet,
				the required NFPA 13 compliant automatic sprinkler system shall be designed as
				an Extra Hazard Group 1 hazard facility.
(5) It shall be unlawful for any person,
				firm, corporation, association, or partnership to sell consumer fireworks or
				any items defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section
				25-10-1 to any person under 18
				years of age.
(6) Any person
				selling any consumer fireworks at the consumer fireworks retail sales facility
				or store shall be at least 18 years of age; provided however, it shall be
				lawful for any person who is 16 or 17 years of age to sell or to offer for sale
				at retail any consumer fireworks, provided that such person is serving as an
				assistant to a distributor selling consumer fireworks from a temporary consumer
				fireworks retail sales stand or the nonprofit group directly participating in
				the operation of a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stand.
(7) The holder of a wholesale consumer
				fireworks distributor license shall provide to the Commissioner the names and
				addresses of all fireworks retailers located in the State of Georgia to which
				that license holder sells consumer fireworks.
O.C.G.A.
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											25-2-4,
				  25-2-16,
				  25-10-2.