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20-22-714. Seizure of contraband fireworks.
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20-22-714. Seizure of contraband fireworks.
(a) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall seize as contraband any fireworks other than Class C common fireworks defined in § 20-22-708 or special fireworks for public displays as provided in § 20-22-702 or for agricultural or industrial purposes as provided in § 20-22-703, which are sold, displayed, used, or possessed in violation of this subchapter.
(b) The director may destroy fireworks so seized.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-714
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20-22-714. Seizure of contraband fireworks.
(a) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall seize as contraband any fireworks other than Class C common fireworks defined in § 20-22-708 or special fireworks for public displays as provided in § 20-22-702 or for agricultural or industrial purposes as provided in § 20-22-703, which are sold, displayed, used, or possessed in violation of this subchapter.
(b) The director may destroy fireworks so seized.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-22-702. Public displays excepted.
(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as applying to the shipping, sale, possession, and use of fireworks for public displays by holders of a permit for a public display to be conducted in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police. Such items of fireworks which are to be used for public display only and which are otherwise prohibited for sale and use within the state shall include display shells designed to be fired from mortars and display set pieces of fireworks classified by the regulations of the United States Surface Transportation Board as Class B special fireworks and shall not include such items of commercial fireworks as cherry bombs, tubular salutes, repeating bombs, aerial bombs, and torpedoes.
(b)(1) Public displays shall be performed only under competent supervision and after the persons or organizations making the displays have applied for and received a permit for the displays issued by the director.
(2) Applications for permits for public displays shall be made in writing at least five (5) days in advance of the proposed display, and the application shall show that the proposed display is to be so located and supervised that it shall not be hazardous to life, limb, or property.
(3) If the display is to be performed within the limits of a municipality, the application shall so state and shall bear the signed approval of the chief supervisory officials of the fire and police departments of the municipality.
(c)(1) Permits issued shall be limited to the time specified therein and shall not be transferable.
(2) Only licensed distributors who are licensed importers or who purchase from licensed importers may possess special fireworks for resale to
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-702
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 20-22-702. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-22-703. Other exceptions.
(a)(1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as applying to the:
(A) Manufacture, storage, sale, or use of signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads or other classes of public or private transportation or of illuminating devices for photographic use;
(B) Military or naval forces of the United States or of this state or to peace officers;
(C) Sale or use of blank cartridges for ceremonial, theatrical, or athletic events; or
(D) Transportation, sale, or use of permissible fireworks as defined in § 20-22-708 or special fireworks as defined in § 20-22-701 solely for agricultural or industrial purposes, provided that the purchaser first secures a written permit to purchase and use the fireworks for agricultural or industrial purposes from the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police.
(2) No permit for use of fireworks for agricultural purposes shall be issued by the director except after approval of the county agricultural agent of the county in which the fireworks are to be used.
(3)(A) All fireworks purchased under permit as authorized in this section for agricultural or industrial purposes shall at all times be kept in the possession of the permit holder.
(B) The permits and fireworks shall not be transferable.
(b) Any person holding a permit to purchase and use fireworks for agricultural or industrial purposes as provided in this section who shall sell, give away, or otherwise transfer the fireworks to another or shall use or permit the use of the fireworks for any purpose other than agricultural or industrial purposes as stated on the permit shall be in violation of this subchapter and subject to the penalties provided for in § 20-22-705.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-703
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 20-22-703. 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.