94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1819

 

Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Frank C. Watson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
425 ILCS 35/1   from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127

    Amends the Fireworks Use Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a definition.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Fireworks Use Act is amended by changing
5 Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (425 ILCS 35/1)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127)
7     Sec. 1. The The term fireworks shall mean and include any
8 explosive composition, or any substance or combination of
9 substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a
10 visible or audible effect of a temporary exhibitional nature by
11 explosion, combustion, deflagration or detonation, and shall
12 include blank cartridges, toy cannons, in which explosives are
13 used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to
14 propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman
15 candles, bombs, or other fireworks of like construction and any
16 fireworks containing any explosive compound, or any tablets or
17 other device containing any explosive substance, or containing
18 combustible substances producing visual effects: provided,
19 however, that the term "fireworks" shall not include snake or
20 glow worm pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers known as
21 "party poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches",
22 "cigarette loads" and "auto burglar alarms"; sparklers; toy
23 pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper
24 or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or
25 less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so
26 constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap
27 when in place for the explosion; and toy pistol paper or
28 plastic caps which contain less than twenty hundredths grains
29 of explosive mixture; the sale and use of which shall be
30 permitted at all times.
31 (Source: P.A. 83-474.)