Bill Text: IA HF61 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act excluding certain poppers and snappers from the definition of fireworks whose sale or use is prohibited.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-21 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 129. [HF61 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF61-Introduced.html

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House File 61 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  BACON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act excluding certain poppers and snappers from the
  2    definition of fireworks whose sale or use is prohibited.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 727.2, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The term "fireworks" includes any explosive composition,
  1  4 or combination of explosive substances, or article prepared
  1  5 for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect
  1  6 by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and
  1  7 includes blank cartridges, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets,
  1  8 roman candles, or other fireworks of like construction and
  1  9 fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or
  1 10 other device containing any explosive substance. The term
  1 11 "fireworks" does not include goldstar=producing sparklers on
  1 12 wires which contain no magnesium or chlorate or perchlorate,
  1 13 flitter sparklers in paper tubes that do not exceed one=eighth
  1 14 of an inch in diameter, toy snakes which contain no mercury,
  1 15 or caps used in cap pistols, or party poppers, string poppers,
  1 16 or snappers, each consisting of not more than twenty=five
  1 17 hundredths grains of explosive mixture.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 21    This bill excludes party poppers, string poppers, and
  1 22 snappers from the definition of fireworks whose sale or use is
  1 23 generally prohibited.
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