Sec. 2154.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance of Texas.

(2) "Department" means the United States Department of Transportation.

(3) "Distributor" means a person who:

(A) imports fireworks into this state; or

(B) sells fireworks to:

(i) a jobber, retailer, or other distributor for resale; or

(ii) a holder of a single public display permit, a multiple public display permit, or another fireworks permit.

(4) "Fire prevention officer" means a chief of a fire department, a fire marshal, a county fire marshal, a sheriff, a constable, another local enforcement officer primarily responsible for fire prevention, or, if there is no local fire authority, the state fire marshal.

(5) "Fireworks" means a composition or device:

(A) designed for entertainment to produce a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation; and

(B) defined by 49 C.F.R. Section 173.56(j) (1996).

(6) "Fireworks 1.3G" means a large fireworks device:

(A) primarily designed to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation; and

(B) classified as a 1.3G explosive by the department in 49 C.F.R. Part 173 (1996).

(7) "Fireworks 1.4G" means a small fireworks device:

(A) primarily designed to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation;

(B) that complies with the construction, labeling, and chemical composition requirements of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission in 16 C.F.R. Part 1507 (1996), or the most recently adopted version of that rule; and

(C) that is classified by the department in 49 C.F.R. Part 173 (1996).

(8) "Illegal fireworks" means a fireworks device manufactured, distributed, or sold in violation of this chapter.

(9) "Indoor or proximate display" means a pyrotechnic display involving the ignition of Fireworks 1.3G or Fireworks 1.4G for public amusement where an audience is closer to the pyrotechnic devices than permitted by NFPA 1123 Code of Fireworks Display. The term does not include the use of Fireworks 1.4G by a retail consumer for private or personal amusement.

(9-a) "Indoor retail fireworks site" means a retail fireworks site, other than a retail fireworks stand, that sells Fireworks 1.4G from a building or structure.

(10) "Insurance agent" means:

(A) a person, firm, or corporation licensed under Subchapter B, C, D, or E, Chapter 4051, or Chapter 981, Insurance Code;

(B) a salaried, state, or special agent; and

(C) a person authorized to represent an insurance fund or pool created by a city, county, or other political subdivision of the state under Chapter 791, Government Code.

(11) "Jobber" means a person who purchases fireworks only for resale to retailers.

(12) "Manufacturer" means a person, firm, corporation, or association who makes fireworks.

(13) "Person" means an individual or entity, including an owner, manager, officer, employee, or occupant.

(14) "Public display" means the igniting of Fireworks 1.3G for public or private amusement.

(15) "Pyrotechnic operator" means an individual who, by experience, training, and examination, has demonstrated the necessary skill and ability for safely assembling, discharging, and supervising public displays of Fireworks 1.3G or Fireworks 1.4G.

(16) "Pyrotechnic special effects operator" means an individual who, by experience, training, and examination, has demonstrated the necessary skill and ability for safely assembling, discharging, and supervising proximate displays of Fireworks 1.3G or Fireworks 1.4G.

(16-a) "Retail fireworks site" means a retail location for which a person has obtained a current retail fireworks permit under Section 2154.202 to sell fireworks.

(16-b) "Retail fireworks stand" means a structure that is a retail fireworks site from which Fireworks 1.4G are sold over the counter to members of the general public who always remain outside of the structure.

(17) "Retailer" means a person who purchases fireworks for resale only to the general public.

(18) "Sale" means selling or offering for sale merchandise, equipment, or service, at wholesale or retail, to the public or to any person, for an agreed sum of money or other consideration.

(19) "State fire marshal" means the chief law enforcement officer of the state charged with the responsibility of fire prevention.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.549, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.154, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (H.B. 3907), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.