2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 51 — Trade and commerce
RS 51:650 — Definitions

PART VII A. FIREWORKS

§650. Definitions

As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Assembler" means any person engaged in the making of fireworks from component parts.

(2) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at wholesale in this state to any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks either as a jobber or a retailer or both.

(3) "Importer" means any person who imports, brings in, or causes to be brought in any fireworks from outside the state of Louisiana into the state of Louisiana. "Importer" does not include a jobber or retailer who purchases fireworks from a distributor domiciled in Louisiana and who subsequently stores the fireworks in a warehouse outside of Louisiana with the intention of bringing the fireworks back into Louisiana after a short period of time to be distributed to other retailers in Louisiana or to be used in the purchaser's retail business.

(4) "Jobber" means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at wholesale to any other person engaged in the business of making sales at retail.

(5) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in making or construction of pyrotechnic compounds or component parts.

(6) "Person" includes any firm, corporation, association, co-partnership, or one or more individuals.

(7) "Retailer" means any person engaged in the business of making sales of fireworks at retail to persons other than a distributor or a jobber.

(8) "Sale" includes barter, exchange, or gift or offer therefor, and each such transaction made by any person, whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee.

(9) "Proximate display" includes all indoor displays and means a pyrotechnic public display involving the ignition of Fireworks 1.3G or Fireworks 1.4G for public viewing, where the 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 viewing.

(10) "Public display" means the display of 1.4S, 1.4G, or 1.3G fireworks for any purpose relating to the amusement of the general public.

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

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

Acts 1958, No. 63, §7. Acts 1984, No. 918, §1, eff. July 20, 1984; Acts 2003, No. 398, §2.