Bill Text: MI HB5960 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Explosives; licensing; local ordinances relating to ignition, discharge, and use of consumer fireworks before, during, and after national holidays; limit. Amends sec. 7 of 2011 PA 256 (MCL 28.457).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-08 - Printed Bill Filed 10/17/2012 [HB5960 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5960-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5960

 

October 17, 2012, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 2011 PA 256, entitled

 

"Michigan fireworks safety act,"

 

by amending section 7 (MCL 28.457).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7. (1) Except as provided in this act, a local unit of

 

government shall not enact or enforce an ordinance, code, or

 

regulation pertaining to or in any manner regulating the sale,

 

display, storage, transportation, or distribution of fireworks

 

regulated under this act.

 

     (2) A local unit of government may enact an ordinance

 

regulating the ignition, discharge, and use of consumer fireworks.

 

However, an ordinance enacted under this subsection shall not

 

regulate the use of consumer fireworks on the day preceding, the

 

day of, or the day after a national holiday any of the following: .

 

     (a) Memorial day.

 

     (b) The fourth of July.

 

     (c) Labor day.