94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1045


 
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein - Emil Jones, Jr.
 
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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SB1045

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    AN ACT concerning safety.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Fireworks Use Act is amended by changing 
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Section 1 as follows:
 



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    (425 ILCS 35/1)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127)



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    Sec. 1. The
The term fireworks shall mean and include any 
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explosive
composition, or any substance or combination of 
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substances, or article
prepared for the purpose of producing a 
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visible or audible effect of a
temporary exhibitional nature by 
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explosion, combustion, deflagration or
detonation, and shall 
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include blank cartridges, toy cannons, in which
explosives are 
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used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to

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propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman 
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candles, bombs,
or other fireworks of like construction and any 
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fireworks
containing any explosive compound, or any tablets or 
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other device
containing any explosive substance, or containing 
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combustible substances
producing visual effects: provided, 
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however, that the term "fireworks"
shall not include snake or 
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glow worm pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers
known as 
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"party poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches", 
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"cigarette
loads" and "auto burglar alarms"; sparklers; toy 
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pistols, toy
canes, toy guns, or other devices in
which paper 
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or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or

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less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so 
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constructed that
the hand cannot come in contact with the cap 
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when in place for the
explosion; and toy pistol paper or 
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plastic caps which contain less than
twenty hundredths grains 
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of explosive mixture; the sale and use of which
shall be 
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permitted at all times.
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(Source: P.A. 83-474.)