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HOUSE BILL NO. 981 Offered January 22, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-147 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fireworks. ---------- Patron-- Robinson ---------- Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 59.1-147 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 59.1-147. Chapter inapplicable to certain fireworks; such fireworks to be used only on private property.

(a) This chapter shall not apply to the use or the sale of sparklers, fountains, Pharoah's serpents, caps for pistols, or to pinwheels commonly known as whirligigs or spinning jennies fireworks classified as Division 1.4 G explosives by regulation of the United States Department of Transportation, when authorized by local ordinance pursuant to § 59.1-146.1 ;

(b) Provided, however, the fireworks listed in subsection (a) may only be used, ignited or exploded on private property with the consent of the owner of such property.