A. 1. No person shall knowingly sell, purchase or deliver, or cause to be sold, purchased or delivered, fireworks for resale to any other person who does not possess a valid license under this act. It shall be unlawful for a distributor, wholesaler or retailer, licensed under this act, to purchase fireworks from any person, unless the distributor, wholesaler or retailer determines that the person holds a valid distributor's, wholesaler's or manufacturer's license under this act. All retail sales outlets shall have a current retail license. The license shall be conspicuously posted in the immediate vicinity of the sales operation and shall be immediately available for examination by the public or any enforcement officer. No license provided for herein shall be transferable nor shall any person be permitted to operate under a license granted to another person.

2. A distributor, wholesaler or retailer who sells fireworks to the consumer may purchase merchandise in or out of this state as long as the retailer buys from a person that has a legal license to do business in this state.

3. The State Fire Marshal shall, by rule, enforce the provisions of this subsection.

B. It shall be unlawful to offer for retail sale or to sell any fireworks to children under the age of twelve (12) years, unless accompanied by an adult, or to any intoxicated or irresponsible person.

C. It shall be unlawful to explode or ignite fireworks within five hundred (500) feet of any church, hospital, asylum, unharvested, flammable agricultural crop, public school or where fireworks are stored, sold or offered for sale. No person shall ignite or discharge any permissible articles of fireworks within or throw the same from a motor vehicle; nor shall any person place or throw any ignited article of fireworks into or at such a motor vehicle or at or near any group of people.

Added by Laws 1969, c. 337, § 7, operative June 1, 1969. Amended by Laws 1981, c. 268, § 6, emerg. eff. June 25, 1981; Laws 2014, c. 142, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.