SB685: Statewide Fire Prevention Code; use of fireworks on residential property.

SENATE BILL NO. 685
Offered January 22, 2010
A BILL to amend and reenact ? 27-96.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Statewide Fire Prevention Code; use of fireworks on residential property.
Patron-- Martin

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That ? 27-96.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

? 27-96.1. Chapter inapplicable to certain uses of fireworks.

Unless prohibited by a local ordinance, the provisions of this chapter pertaining to fireworks shall not apply to the sale of or to any person using, igniting or exploding permissible fireworks on private residential property with the consent of the owner of such property.