Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes in state residents to purchase and use consumer grade fireworks.

Highlights:

• Authorizes an in state resident to purchase and discharge, ignite, or explode consumer grade fireworks from a fireworks vendor in either of the following locations (Sec. 1):
• On the property of the individual who purchased the fireworks; or
• On the property of another individual who has given permission to the purchaser.

• Defines “fireworks vendor” as a licensed wholesaler or licensed manufacturer of consumer grade fireworks (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a county, township, or municipal corporation to restrict or prohibit the use of fireworks (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the state fire marshal to adopt rules regulating the time, manner, and location of fireworks usage (Sec. 1).

• Establishes a 4 percent retail tax on fireworks to fund firefighter training and regulation of the fireworks industry, effective January 1, 2016 (Sec. 1).

• Requires a fireworks vendor to provide a safety manual prepared by the state fire marshal to an individual who is purchasing fireworks and to make safety glasses available (Sec. 1).

• Extends the prohibition on the issuance of new fireworks manufacturer or wholesaler licenses from December, 15, 2015, to December 15, 2018 (Sec. 1).

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