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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
GUSTOFF
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
sale
and
use
of
consumer
fireworks.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
10A.519,
subsection
4,
paragraph
c,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
At
a
permanent
building
that
meets
the
requirements
of
3
paragraph
“a”
,
between
June
1
and
July
8
and
between
December
10
4
and
January
3
each
year,
all
dates
inclusive
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
727.2,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
4.
Limitations.
8
a.
A
person
shall
not
use
or
explode
consumer
fireworks
on
9
days
other
than
June
1
through
July
8
,
the
general
election
10
on
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
11
even-numbered
years,
and
December
10
through
January
3
of
each
12
year,
all
dates
inclusive.
13
b.
A
person
shall
not
use
or
explode
consumer
fireworks
at
14
times
other
than
between
the
hours
of
9:00
a.m.
and
10:00
p.m.,
15
except
that
on
the
following
dates
consumer
fireworks
shall
not
16
be
used
at
times
other
than
between
the
hours
specified:
17
(1)
Between
the
hours
of
9:00
a.m.
and
11:00
p.m.
on
July
18
4
and
the
Saturdays
and
Sundays
immediately
preceding
and
19
following
July
4.
20
(2)
Between
the
hours
of
9:00
a.m.
and
10:00
p.m.
on
the
21
date
of
the
general
election
on
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
22
first
Monday
in
November
of
even-numbered
years.
23
(2)
(3)
Between
the
hours
of
9:00
a.m.
on
December
31
and
24
12:30
a.m.
on
the
immediately
following
day.
25
(3)
(4)
Between
the
hours
of
9:00
a.m.
and
11:00
p.m.
on
26
the
Saturdays
and
Sundays
immediately
preceding
and
following
27
December
31.
28
c.
A
person
shall
not
use
consumer
fireworks
on
real
29
property
other
than
that
person’s
real
property
or
on
the
real
30
property
of
a
person
who
has
consented
to
the
use
of
consumer
31
fireworks
on
that
property.
32
d.
A
person
who
violates
this
subsection
commits
a
simple
33
misdemeanor.
A
court
shall
not
order
imprisonment
for
34
violation
of
this
subsection
.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
relates
to
limitations
on
the
sale
and
use
of
4
consumer
fireworks.
5
The
bill
allows
for
consumer
fireworks
to
be
sold
from
a
6
permanent
structure
at
any
time
throughout
the
year.
Current
7
law
prohibits
the
sale
of
fireworks
from
a
permanent
structure
8
on
dates
other
than
between
June
1
and
July
8
and
between
9
December
10
and
January
3.
The
bill
does
not
amend
the
current
10
restriction
on
the
sale
of
fireworks
from
a
temporary
structure
11
(June
13
to
July
8).
12
The
bill
allows
for
the
use
or
explosion
of
consumer
13
fireworks
on
the
date
of
the
general
election
on
the
first
14
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
November
of
even-numbered
15
years,
between
the
hours
of
9:00
a.m.
and
10:00
p.m.
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