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2012 SESSION

12101778D
HOUSE BILL NO. 152
Offered January 11, 2012
Prefiled January 5, 2012
A BILL to require the Board of Housing and Community Development to amend the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia; insurance requirements for certain fireworks shows.
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Patron-- Bell, Richard P.
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Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. That the Board of Housing and Community Development shall amend the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.) of the Code of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of § 27-97 of the Code of Virginia to distinguish the insurance requirements between consumer fireworks show as defined in § D.1.11 of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1126, 2006 edition, and display fireworks shows as defined in § D.1.17 of NFPA 1126, 2006 edition. No permit holder for a consumer fireworks show shall be required to have insurance coverage for potential damages to a person or persons or to property by reason of the permitted display and arising from any acts of the permit holder in excess of $500,000.