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20-22-701. Definitions.
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20-22-701. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Distributor” means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at wholesale in this state to any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks either as a jobber or a retailer, or both;
(2) “I.C.C. Class C common fireworks” means all articles of fireworks classified as “I.C.C. Class C common fireworks” as defined in § 20-22-708 and in the regulations of the United States Surface Transportation Board for the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles;
(3) “Importer” means any person who imports, brings in, or causes to be brought in any fireworks from outside the geographical limits of the State of Arkansas into this state;
(4) “Jobber” means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at wholesale to any other person engaged in the business of making sales at retail. “Wholesaler” shall have the same meaning as “jobber”;
(5) “License” means the written authority of the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police issued under the authority of this subchapter to a distributor, jobber, wholesaler, manufacturer, importer, or retailer for a fee as provided in § 20-22-707;
(6) “Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the making or construction of fireworks in the State of Arkansas or any person engaged in the making or construction of fireworks who ships or causes to be shipped, or transports or causes to be transported, any items of fireworks into the State of Arkansas;
(7) “Permit” means the written authority of the director issued for a public fireworks display under the authority of this subchapter;
(8) “Person” means any corporation, association, copartnership, or one (1) or more individuals;
(9) “Retailer” means any pers
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-701
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20-22-701. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Distributor” means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at wholesale in this state to any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks either as a jobber or a retailer, or both;
(2) “I.C.C. Class C common fireworks” means all articles of fireworks classified as “I.C.C. Class C common fireworks” as defined in § 20-22-708 and in the regulations of the United States Surface Transportation Board for the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles;
(3) “Importer” means any person who imports, brings in, or causes to be brought in any fireworks from outside the geographical limits of the State of Arkansas into this state;
(4) “Jobber” means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at wholesale to any other person engaged in the business of making sales at retail. “Wholesaler” shall have the same meaning as “jobber”;
(5) “License” means the written authority of the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police issued under the authority of this subchapter to a distributor, jobber, wholesaler, manufacturer, importer, or retailer for a fee as provided in § 20-22-707;
(6) “Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the making or construction of fireworks in the State of Arkansas or any person engaged in the making or construction of fireworks who ships or causes to be shipped, or transports or causes to be transported, any items of fireworks into the State of Arkansas;
(7) “Permit” means the written authority of the director issued for a public fireworks display under the authority of this subchapter;
(8) “Person” means any corporation, association, copartnership, or one (1) or more individuals;
(9) “Retailer” means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at retail to consumers or to persons other than a distributor or jobber;
(10) “Sale” means barter, exchange, gift, or offer therefor, and each such transaction made by any person, whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant, or employee;
(11) “Shooter” means any person conducting any combination of fireworks, pyrotechnics, or special effects displays within the State of Arkansas; and
(12) “Special fireworks” means all articles of fireworks that are classified as Class B explosives in the regulations of the United States Surface Transportation Board and shall include all articles other than those classified as Class C but shall not include such dangerous items of commercial fireworks as cherry bombs, tubular salutes, repeating bombs, aerial bombs, torpedoes, and fireworks containing more than fifty milligrams (50mg) of explosive powder.
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20-22-707. License — Application and issuance.
(a)(1)(A) To be licensed as a manufacturer, importer, distributor, jobber, retailer, retailer all-year, or shooter of fireworks, a first-time applicant shall submit to the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police an application on a form provided by the director setting forth the information that the director determines necessary to ensure public health, safety, and welfare.
(B) The license for a manufacturer, importer, distributor, jobber, retailer, or retailer all-year shall be effective from the date of issuance through the next April 30.
(C) The license for a shooter shall be valid for five (5) years from the date of issuance.
(D) Upon approval of the application by the director and before the issuance of the license, the applicant shall pay to the director a license fee for each type of business conducted based on the following schedule:
(i) Manufacturer $1,000.00
(ii) Importer 750.00
(iii) Distributor 500.00
(iv) Jobber 100.00
(v) Retailer 25.00
(vi) Shooter 50.00
(vii) Retailer All-Year 500.00
(E) The fee for a shooter shall be waived if the applicant verifies that he or she is a professional or volunteer firefighter.
(2)(A) A retailer may purchase a license from its vendor if the vendor is a licensed importer, distributor, or jobber or from the State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section. The retailers' licenses shall be made available by the Division of Arkansas State Police to the vendor in books of twenty (20) licenses to a book.
(B) The vendor shall record the sales of the licenses to retailers and submit its records to the director semiannually on January 31 and July 31 of each year. Each semiannual report shall cover the preceding six-month period.
(3) A p
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-707
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-22-707. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-22-708. Possession, sale, and use unlawful — Exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, or use, within the State of Arkansas, or ship into the State of Arkansas, except as provided in § 20-22-711, any pyrotechnics, commonly known as fireworks, other than the permissible items enumerated in this section, except as provided in this subchapter. The permissible fireworks consist of those defined in Interstate Commerce Commission regulations described as Class C fireworks only and shall include the following:
(1) Roman candles, with no handle or spike affixed thereto, not exceeding ten (10) balls spaced uniformly in the tube, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed twenty grams (20g) each in weight. The inside tube diameter shall not exceed three-eighths inch (3/8");
(2) Sky rockets with sticks, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed twenty grams (20g) each in weight. The inside tube diameter shall not exceed one-half inch (½"). The rocket sticks shall be securely fastened to the tubes;
(3) Helicopter-type rockets, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed twenty grams (20g) each in weight. The inside tube diameter shall not exceed one-half inch (½");
(4) Cylindrical fountains, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed seventy-five grams (75g) each in weight. The inside tube diameter shall not exceed three-fourths inch (¾");
(5) Cone fountains, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed fifty grams (50g) each in weight;
(6) Wheels, total pyrotechnic composition not to exceed sixty grams (60g) for each driver unit or two hundred forty grams (240g) for each complete wheel. The inside tube diameter of driver units shall not exceed one-half inch (½");
(7) Illuminating torches and colored fire in any form, except items i
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-708
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-22-708. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.