Rep. Tom Cross
Filed: 3/31/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6366
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6366 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (425 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 102)
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7 | Sec. 2. The following words and phrases, when used in this | ||||||
8 | Act, shall
for the purpose of this Act have the following | ||||||
9 | definition and meaning:
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10 | (a) The term fireworks shall mean and include any explosive
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11 | composition or any substance or combination of substances, or | ||||||
12 | article
prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or | ||||||
13 | audible effect of a
temporary exhibitional nature by explosion, | ||||||
14 | combustion, deflagration or
detonation, and shall include | ||||||
15 | blank cartridges, toy cannons in which
explosives are used, the | ||||||
16 | type of balloons which require fire underneath
to propel the | ||||||
17 | same, firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles,
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18 | bombs or other fireworks of like construction and any
fireworks | ||||||
19 | containing any explosive compound; or any tablets or other
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20 | device containing any explosive substance, or containing | ||||||
21 | combustible
substances producing visual effects. The term | ||||||
22 | "fireworks" shall not
include snake or glow worm pellets; smoke | ||||||
23 | devices; sparklers or sparkling devices, whether handheld or | ||||||
24 | ground based, of not more than one hundred grams of pyrotechnic |
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1 | mixture per tube, which are nonexplosive and non-aerial ; trick | ||||||
2 | noisemakers
known as "party poppers", "booby traps", | ||||||
3 | "snappers", "trick matches", "cigarette
loads" and "auto | ||||||
4 | burglar alarms"; toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or
other | ||||||
5 | devices in which
paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five | ||||||
6 | hundredths grains or less
of explosive compound are used, | ||||||
7 | provided they are so constructed that
the hand cannot come in | ||||||
8 | contact with the cap when in place for the
explosion; and toy | ||||||
9 | pistol paper or plastic caps which contain
less than | ||||||
10 | twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture;
the sale | ||||||
11 | and use of
which shall be permitted at all times.
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12 | (b) The term "fireworks plant" shall mean and include all | ||||||
13 | lands,
with buildings thereon, used in connection with the | ||||||
14 | manufacture or
processing of fireworks, as well as storehouses | ||||||
15 | located thereon for the
storage of finished fireworks.
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16 | (c) The term "fireworks factory building" shall mean any | ||||||
17 | building or
other structure in which the manufacture of | ||||||
18 | fireworks, or in which any
processing involving fireworks is | ||||||
19 | carried on.
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20 | (d) The term "magazine" shall mean any building or other | ||||||
21 | structure
used for the storage of explosive raw materials used | ||||||
22 | in the manufacture
of fireworks.
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23 | (e) The term "Office" shall mean the Office of the State | ||||||
24 | Fire Marshal.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 83-474.)
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26 | Section 10. The Fireworks Use Act is amended by changing | ||||||
27 | Section 1 as follows:
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28 | (425 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127)
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29 | Sec. 1. The term fireworks shall mean and include any | ||||||
30 | explosive
composition, or any substance or combination of | ||||||
31 | substances, or article
prepared for the purpose of producing a | ||||||
32 | visible or audible effect of a
temporary exhibitional nature by |
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1 | explosion, combustion, deflagration or
detonation, and shall | ||||||
2 | include blank cartridges, toy cannons, in which
explosives are | ||||||
3 | used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to
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4 | propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman | ||||||
5 | candles, bombs,
or other fireworks of like construction and any | ||||||
6 | fireworks
containing any explosive compound, or any tablets or | ||||||
7 | other device
containing any explosive substance, or containing | ||||||
8 | combustible substances
producing visual effects: provided, | ||||||
9 | however, that the term "fireworks"
shall not include snake or | ||||||
10 | glow worm pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers
known as | ||||||
11 | "party poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches", | ||||||
12 | "cigarette
loads" and "auto burglar alarms"; sparklers or | ||||||
13 | sparkling devices, whether handheld or ground based, of not | ||||||
14 | more than one hundred grams of pyrotechnic mixture per tube, | ||||||
15 | which are nonexplosive and non-aerial ; toy pistols, toy
canes, | ||||||
16 | toy guns, or other devices in
which paper or plastic caps | ||||||
17 | containing twenty-five hundredths grains or
less of explosive | ||||||
18 | compound are used, providing they are so constructed that
the | ||||||
19 | hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the
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20 | explosion; and toy pistol paper or plastic caps which contain | ||||||
21 | less than
twenty hundredths grains of explosive mixture; the | ||||||
22 | sale and use of which
shall be permitted at all times.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 83-474.)".
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