SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION UNLESS THE
CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:
"CONSUMER FIREWORKS." AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2401 OF THE ACT
OF MARCH 4, 1971 (P.L.6, NO.2), KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM CODE OF
1971.
"MUNICIPALITY." AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2401 OF THE TAX REFORM
CODE OF 1971.
§ 5902. PROHIBITION OPTION.
(A) PROHIBITION.--NOTWITHSTANDING ARTICLE XXIV OF THE ACT OF
MARCH 4, 1971 (P.L.6, NO.2), KNOWN AS THE TAX REFORM CODE OF
1971, A CITY OR TOWNSHIP ENUMERATED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL
HAVE THE OPTION TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CONSUMER FIREWORKS WITHIN
THE CITY OR TOWNSHIP BY DELIVERING AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY'S OR TOWNSHIP'S GOVERNING BODY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE NO SOONER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SECTION. CONSUMER FIREWORKS MAY NOT BE USED IN A CITY OR
TOWNSHIP THAT HAS EXERCISED THE OPTION TO PROHIBIT USE OF
CONSUMER FIREWORKS UNDER THIS SECTION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBSECTION A CITY OR TOWNSHIP SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
(1) A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS, SECOND CLASS, SECOND
CLASS A AND THIRD CLASS WHICH HAS A POPULATION, BASED ON THE
MOST RECENT FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, OF AT LEAST 58,000; OR
(2) A SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP WHICH HAS A POPULATION,
BASED ON THE 2010 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, OF AT LEAST
60,000 AND NO MORE THAN 70,000 LOCATED IN A COUNTY OF THE
SECOND CLASS A.
(B) RESCISSION OF PROHIBITION.--A CITY OR TOWNSHIP THAT
PROHIBITS THE USE OF CONSUMER FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY OR
TOWNSHIP UNDER SUBSECTION (A) MAY RESCIND THE PROHIBITION BY
DELIVERING A NEW RESOLUTION OF THE CITY'S OR TOWNSHIP'S
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