Section 23-28.11-1, 23-28.11-2. – Repealed.

§ 23-28.11-1, 23-28.11-2. Repealed. History of Section.As enacted by P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 7; Repealed by P.L. 1980, ch. 301, § 1.

Section 23-28.11-10. – Rules and regulations.

§ 23-28.11-10. Rules and regulations. The state fire marshal is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations governing the possession, sale wholesale and retail, and use of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks and pyrotechnics in the state. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 7; P.L. 1994, ch. 419, § 2; […]

Section 23-28.11-11 – — 23-28.11-32. Repealed.

§ 23-28.11-11 — 23-28.11-32. Repealed. History of Section.G.L., §§ 23-28.11-11 — 23-28.11-32, as enacted by P.L. 1966, ch. 216, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 130, § 12; Repealed by P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 7.

Section 23-28.11-3. – Permits for storage, handling, transportation and display of display fireworks, aerial consumer fireworks, and pyrotechnics.

§ 23-28.11-3. Permits for storage, handling, transportation and display of display fireworks, aerial consumer fireworks, and pyrotechnics. (a) All storage, handling, transportation and display of fireworks shall be in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1123 entitled “Code for Fireworks Display” 2006 Edition, and NFPA Standard 1124 entitled “Code for the Manufacture, […]

Section 23-28.11-4. – Certificate of competency.

§ 23-28.11-4. Certificate of competency. (a) Every person desiring to obtain a certificate of competency to possess and display display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks and/or pyrotechnics shall make application to the state fire marshal. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall accompany each application and shall be for processing the application and for examination […]

Section 23-28.11-5. – Duration — Expiration — Renewal — Duplication.

§ 23-28.11-5. Duration — Expiration — Renewal — Duplication. Every certificate issued shall be valid for one year, and shall be renewable without examination, except as herein provided, on March first after the original date of issue upon payment of fifty dollars ($50.00). Any holder of a certificate whose certificate was lost, misplaced, or stolen […]

Section 23-28.11-6. – Right of denial — Suspension or revocation.

§ 23-28.11-6. Right of denial — Suspension or revocation. The state fire marshal is empowered to deny an examination to any applicant who has been convicted of a common law crime, statutory burning, the violation of any explosive or fireworks or pyrotechnics law or rule or regulation, or who falsely completes an application. The fire […]

Section 23-28.11-7. – Financial responsibility.

§ 23-28.11-7. Financial responsibility. No permit shall be issued to any applicant desiring to possess and display display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks and/or pyrotechnics until the applicant furnishes to the local fire authority satisfactory proof of financial responsibility in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) to satisfy claims for damage to […]

Section 23-28.11-8. – Nonresident.

§ 23-28.11-8. Nonresident. No permit shall be issued under the provisions of this chapter to a nonresident person to conduct a display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks and/or pyrotechnics display in this state, until that person shall have appointed in writing a member of the Rhode Island bar association to be his or her attorney […]

Section 23-28.11-9. – Violations.

§ 23-28.11-9. Violations. (a) Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of this chapter relating to possession of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks or pyrotechnics shall be fined not less than one hundred ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned for not more than one year. Any person […]