HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1183        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2277

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to the Legalization of Sparklers and Fountains..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 39 of chapter 148 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by deleting, in line 12, the words “sparklers” and “fountains”.

SECTION 2.  Said section 39 of said chapter 148 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is further amended by inserting, in line 64, after the word “birds” the following words:-

“or to the sale of sparklers or fountains that contain less than 100 grams of pyrotechnic mixtures, provided further that said sparklers or fountains shall not be sold to minors under the age of 16.”