California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 1 - State Fire Marshal › Chapter 6 - Fireworks › Article 6 - Classification of Fireworks › Section 986.8 - Snap Caps

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  General. Snap Caps as defined in Section
				  980, may be sold at retail outlets
				  without requirement of a state fireworks retailer license or other retail sales
				  restrictions so long as these Snap Caps are units of a particular manufacturer
				  and design which have been classified by the State Fire Marshal for testing and
				  classification in accordance with this Section.
Only entities or individuals maintaining a valid Office of
					 State Fire Marshal importer/exporter's license may import Snap Caps into
					 California and may sell Snap Caps only to entities or individuals maintaining a
					 valid Office of State Fire Marshal wholesaler's license.
Only entities or individuals maintaining a valid Office of
					 State Fire Marshal wholesaler's license or Party Popper/Snap Cap Distributor
					 permit may sell Snap Caps to a retail outlet. Entities or individuals
					 maintaining a Party/Snap Cap Distributor Permit may purchase Snap Caps only
					 from an individual or entity maintaining a valid Office of State Fire Marshal
					 wholesaler's license and may sell Snap Caps only to retail outlets.
Only entities or individuals maintaining either a valid
					 Office of State Fire Marshal wholesaler's or importer/exporter's license or
					 Party Popper/Snap Cap Distributor Permit may transport, or cause to be
					 transported, for sale, Snap Caps within California.
All wholesaler licenses and Party Popper/Snap Cap
					 Distributor permitees must file with the Office of State Fire Marshal by the
					 close of the month immediately following each quarter, a list of the names and
					 addresses of all retail outlets to whom they sold Snap Caps in the preceding
					 quarter. Retail outlets holding valid Office of State Fire Marshal retail sales
					 licenses for the sale of Safe and Sane fireworks within the State for the
					 period of 12:00 noon on the 28th of June through 12:00 noon on the 6th of July
					 of that calendar year, as is required by Health and Safety Code Section
					 12599,
					 need not appear on this list filed with the Office of State Fire Marshal as
					 required by this Section.
(b) In addition to the tests required by this
				  Section, Snap Caps shall conform to the following:
(1) Each device typically contains less than
				  .20 grams, but shall not contain more than .25 grams, of gravel impregnated
				  with not more than one milligram of pyrotechnic composition.
(2) Each device shall not contain any
				  prohibited materials specified in Section
				  12505
				  of the Health and Safety Code.
(3)
				  Each device shall be constructed of a paper parcel which shall be flame
				  retardant when tested in accordance with this Section.
(4) The packaging for these devices shall
				  bear the classification label of the State Fire Marshal, including the
				  manufacturer's and importer/exporter's registration numbers. The words "Snap
				  Caps/Snappers" shall appear in legible print on such label.
(5) The packaging for these devices shall
				  have, in legible print, operating instructions and warning labels as may be
				  required by the State Fire Marshal.