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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1819
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Frank C. Watson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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425 ILCS 35/1 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127 |
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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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SB1819 |
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LRB094 09817 RSP 40073 b |
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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.)
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