HB579 Alabama 2012 Session

Under existing law, the State Fire Marshal is required to charge certain fees for performing certain tasks and issuing certain licenses and permits

This bill would provide further for permits; fees; the use of pyrotechnic devices before a proximate audience; permissible use of fireworks; sale of fireworks; authorization for retail sales of permissible items of fireworks; authority of the State Fire Marshal to seize and destroy illegal fireworks, and the validity of city ordinances

This bill would provide for the governing body of any municipality to authorize law enforcement to issue a summons when any municipal ordinance prohibits the sale or use of aerial devices and audible devices pursuant to law

To amend Sections 8-17-210, 8-17-211, 8-17-216, 8-17-216.1, 8-17-217, 8-17-218, 8-17-219, 8-17-220, 8-17-222, 8-17-225, 8-17-226, and 11-45-9.1, of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the State Fire Marshal; to provide further for permits; to increase fees; to provide further for the use of pyrotechnic devices before a proximate audience; to provide further for the permissible use of fireworks; to provide further for the sale of fireworks; to provide further for the authorization for retail sales of permissible items of fireworks; to provide further for the authority of the State Fire Marshal to seize and destroy illegal fireworks; to provide further for definitions; and to provide further for the effect on the validity of city ordinances; and to amend Section 11-45-9.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to issuance of summons; to allow when a municipal ordinance prohibits the sale or use of aerial devices and audible devices pursuant to law.