Bill Text - HB1266 (2016)

Legalizing firecrackers and smoke bombs.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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HB 1266 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

\t16-2253

\t05/08

 

HOUSE BILL\t1266

 

AN ACT\tlegalizing firecrackers and smoke bombs.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Hull, Graf. 9

 

COMMITTEE:\tCriminal Justice and Public Safety

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill legalizes the sale of firecrackers and smoke bombs.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

\t16-2253

\t05/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\tlegalizing firecrackers and smoke bombs.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

\t1  Definition of Permissible Fireworks.  Amend RSA 160-C:1, V to read as follows:

\t\tV.  "Permissible fireworks'' means consumer fireworks, except for those items that are prohibited pursuant to RSA 160-B:16[, 160-B:16-b,] and 160-B:16-c.

\t2  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

\t\tI.  RSA 160-B:16-b, relative to the prohibition on the retail sale of firecrackers.

\t\tII.  RSA 644:16-b, relative to the prohibition on the sale or use of smoke bombs.

\t3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.