2023 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Article 2C - Fireworks Licensing and Safety
Section 60-2C-7 - Permissible fireworks.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 60-2C-7 (2023)
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A. Permissible fireworks are:

(1) ground and hand-held sparkling devices:

(a) cone fountains;

(b) crackling devices;

(c) cylindrical fountains;

(d) flitter sparklers;

(e) ground spinners;

(f) illuminating torches; and

(g) wheels;

(2) aerial devices:

(a) aerial shell kit-reloadable tubes;

(b) aerial spinners;

(c) helicopters;

(d) mines;

(e) missile-type rockets;

(f) multiple tube devices;

(g) roman candles;

(h) shells; and

(i) stick-type rockets, except as provided in Subsection B of this section; and

(3) ground audible devices:

(a) chasers; and

(b) firecrackers.

B. The following types of fireworks are not permissible fireworks:

(1) stick-type rockets having a tube less than five-eighths inch outside diameter and less than three and one-half inches in length; and

(2) fireworks intended for sale to the public that produce an audible effect, other than a whistle, by a charge of more than one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition per report.

C. A municipality or county shall not by ordinance regulate and prohibit the sale or use of any permissible firework except aerial devices and ground audible devices.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 346, § 7; 1991, ch. 133, § 5; 1997, ch. 17, § 5; 2007, ch. 268, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2007 amendment, effective April 2, 2007, added aerial shell kit-reloadable tubes and multiple tube devices as permissible aerial devises and classifies as non-permissible fireworks stick-type rockets having a tube less than five-eighths inch outside diameter and less than three and one-half inches in length and fireworks that produce an audible effect by a charge of more than one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition per report.

The 1997 amendment, effective March 18, 1997, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.

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