2014 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-28.11 - Fireworks and Pyrotechnics
Section 23-28.11-7 - Financial responsibility.
§ 23-28.11-7 Financial responsibility. – No permit shall be issued to any applicant desiring to possess and display display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks and/or pyrotechnics until the applicant furnishes to the local fire authority satisfactory proof of financial responsibility in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) to satisfy claims for damage to property or persons resulting from the possession or use of display fireworks and aerial consumer fireworks and/or pyrotechnics. The local fire authority may require additional financial responsibility as he or she may deem necessary due to existing conditions.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1976, ch. 271, § 7; P.L. 1994, ch. 419, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 106, § 9; P.L. 2003, ch. 107, § 9; P.L. 2010, ch. 25, § 2; P.L. 2010, ch. 28, § 2.)
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