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HB1416: repealing the prohibition on bottle rockets.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2018 HB1416
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House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Passed/Adopted
Committee
Senate Commerce
Hearing
04/10/2018 at 02:00 PM
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Commerce

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CHAPTER 38

HB 1416-FN - FINAL VERSION

22Feb2018... 0347h

2018 SESSION

18-2695

05/06

HOUSE BILL 1416-FN

AN ACT repealing the prohibition on bottle rockets.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill removes the prohibition on the sale of bottle rockets. The purchase of bottle rockets is permitted, provided that the purchaser also buys or owns a rocket launcher.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2018... 0347h 18-2695

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT repealing the prohibition on bottle rockets.

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

38:1 Repeal. RSA 160-B:16-c, relative to the prohibition on the retail sale of bottle rockets, is repealed.

38:2 Reference Change; Definition of Permissible Fireworks. Amend RSA 160-C:1, V to read as follows:

V. "Permissible fireworks'' means consumer fireworks, except for those items that are prohibited pursuant to RSA 160-B:16 [and 160-B:16-c].

38:3 New Section; Permissible Fireworks; Retail Sale of Bottle Rockets and Rocket Launchers. Amend RSA 160-C by inserting after section 12 the following new section:

160-C:12-a Retail Sale of Bottle Rockets and Rocket Launchers.

I. No person shall purchase a bottle rocket unless the person also purchases a rocket launcher or enables the seller to verify that he or she has a rocket launcher appropriate for use with the bottle rocket being purchased.

II. In this section, "bottle rocket'' means a bottle rocket as defined by the American Pyrotechnics Association in APA Standard 87-1 (2001) 3.1.2.1, as amended.

38:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 15, 2018

Effective Date: May 15, 2018