PRINTER'S NO. 1392
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1055
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, VOGEL, YAW, BAKER, BARTOLOTTA, FOLMER,
WAGNER, STEFANO, SCARNATI, BREWSTER, VULAKOVICH, ALLOWAY,
WARD, HUGHES AND WOZNIAK, NOVEMBER 10, 2015
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 10, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 15, 1939 (P.L.134, No.65), entitled, as
amended, "An act relating to fireworks; defining fireworks;
prohibiting the sale, regulating the sale, offering or
exposing for sale and use of fireworks, except in certain
cases; authorizing cities, boroughs, towns and townships to
issue permits for fireworks displays, and to regulate the
same; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania State Police,
sheriffs and police officers; and providing penalties,"
extensively revising provisions relating to definitions, bond
required, continuance of permits, sale and use of fireworks,
permits, department licenses, applications for licenses,
safety requirements for facilities, annual registration,
penalties and confiscation; and imposing an excise tax.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1, 3, 3.1, 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5,
5.2, 6, 7, 7.1 and 8 of the act of May 15, 1939 (P.L.134,
No.65), referred to as the Fireworks Law, are repealed:
[Section 1. The term "consumer fireworks" shall mean and
include:
(1) Any combustible or explosive composition or any
substance or combination of substances intended to produce
visible and/or audible effects by combustion and which is
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