Bill Text: VA HB152 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Statewide Fire Prevention Code; insurance requirements for certain fireworks shows.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in General Laws [HB152 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB152-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 152 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 5, 2012 A BILL to require the Board of Housing and Community Development to amend the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§27-94 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia; insurance requirements for certain fireworks shows. ---------- Patron-- Bell, Richard P. ---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §1. That the Board of Housing and Community Development shall amend the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§27-94 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of §27-97 of the Code of Virginia to distinguish the insurance requirements between consumer fireworks show as defined in §D.1.11 of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1126, 2006 edition, and display fireworks shows as defined in § D.1.17 of NFPA 1126, 2006 edition. No permit holder for a consumer fireworks show shall be required to have insurance coverage for potential damages to a person or persons or to property by reason of the permitted display and arising from any acts of the permit holder in excess of $500,000.