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90_HB0704 425 ILCS 35/1 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127 Amends the Fireworks Use Act. Includes sparklers as "fireworks" for purposes of the Act. Effective immediately. LRB9003455DJcd LRB9003455DJcd 1 AN ACT to amend the Fireworks Use Act by changing Section 2 1. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Fireworks Use Act is amended by changing 6 Section 1 as follows: 7 (425 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 127) 8 Sec. 1. The term fireworks shall mean and include any 9 explosive composition, or any substance or combination of 10 substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing 11 a visible or audible effect of a temporary exhibitional 12 nature by explosion, combustion, deflagration or detonation, 13 and shall include blank cartridges, toy cannons, in which 14 explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire 15 underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, 16 skyrockets, Roman candles, sparklers, bombs, or other 17 fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing 18 any explosive compound, or any tablets or other device 19 containing any explosive substance, or containing combustible 20 substances producing visual effects: provided, however, that 21 the term "fireworks" shall not include snake or glow worm 22 pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers known as "party 23 poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches", 24 "cigarette loads" and "auto burglar alarms";sparklers;toy 25 pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper 26 or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or 27 less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so 28 constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap 29 when in place for the explosion; and toy pistol paper or 30 plastic caps which contain less than twenty hundredths grains 31 of explosive mixture; the sale and use of which shall be -2- LRB9003455DJcd 1 permitted at all times. 2 (Source: P.A. 83-474.) 3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 4 becoming law.