Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3743 - Fireworks

• Section 3743.01 - Fireworks Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Beer" and "intoxicating liquor" have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Booby...
• Section 3743.02 - Application For License To Manufacture Fireworks.
  (A) Any person who wishes to manufacture fireworks in this state shall submit to the fire marshal an application for licensure as a manufacturer...
• Section 3743.03 - Reviewing Application Of Manufacturer.
  (A) If a person submits an application for licensure as a manufacturer of fireworks, together with the license fee, fingerprints, and proof of the...
• Section 3743.04 - License Renewal.
  (A) The license of a manufacturer of fireworks is effective for one year beginning on the first day of December. The state fire marshal...
• Section 3743.05 - Rules Governing Classification, Manufacturing, And Packaging.
  The fire marshal shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the classification of fireworks that are consistent with...
• Section 3743.06 - Operation Of Fireworks Plants.
  In addition to conforming to the rules of the fire marshal adopted pursuant to section 3743.05 of the Revised Code, licensed manufacturers of fireworks...
• Section 3743.07 - Records.
  Licensed manufacturers of fireworks shall keep complete records of all fireworks in their inventory. Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64,...
• Section 3743.08 - Inspections.
  (A) The fire marshal may inspect the premises of a fireworks plant, and the inventory, wholesale sale, and retail sale records, of a licensed...
• Section 3743.09 To 3743.14 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3743.15 - Application For Wholesaler's License.
  (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any person who wishes to be a wholesaler of fireworks in this state shall...
• Section 3743.16 - Reviewing Application Of Wholesaler.
  (A) If a person submits an application for licensure as a wholesaler of fireworks, together with the license fee, fingerprints, and proof of the...
• Section 3743.17 - Wholesaler's License Renewal.
  (A) The license of a wholesaler of fireworks is effective for one year beginning on the first day of December. The fire marshal shall...
• Section 3743.18 - Storage And Business Operations.
  (A) The fire marshal shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the storage of fireworks by and the business...
• Section 3743.19 - Additional Requirements For Wholesalers.
  In addition to conforming to the rules of the fire marshal adopted pursuant to section 3743.18 of the Revised Code, licensed wholesalers of fireworks...
• Section 3743.20 - Records.
  Licensed wholesalers of fireworks shall keep complete records of all fireworks in their inventory. . Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB...
• Section 3743.21 - Inspections.
  (A) The fire marshal may inspect the premises, and the inventory, wholesale sale, and retail sale records, of a licensed wholesaler of fireworks during...
• Section 3743.22 To 3743.24 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3743.25 - Safety Requirements For Fireworks Showroom Structures.
  (A) (1) Except as described in division (A)(2) of this section, all retail sales of 1.4G fireworks by a licensed manufacturer or wholesaler shall...
• Section 3743.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3743.27 To 3743.35 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-30-1986
• Section 3743.36, 3743.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-01-1953
• Section 3743.38, 3743.39 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-30-1986
• Section 3743.40 - Applying For Shipping Permit By Nonresident.
  (A) Any person who resides in another state and who intends to ship fireworks into this state shall submit to the fire marshal an...
• Section 3743.41 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-30-1986
• Section 3743.42 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3743.43 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 05-30-1986
• Section 3743.44 - Selling To Nonresidents.
  (A) Any person who resides in another state and who intends to obtain possession in this state of fireworks purchased in this state shall...
• Section 3743.45 - Purchase Of 1.4g Fireworks From Licensed Manufacturer Or Wholesaler.
  (A) Any person who resides in this state and who intends to obtain possession in this state of 1.4 G fireworks purchased in this...
• Section 3743.46 To 3743.49 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1979
• Section 3743.50 - Applying For Exhibitor's License.
  Any person who wishes to be an exhibitor of fireworks in this state shall submit to the fire marshal an application for licensure as...
• Section 3743.51 - Requirements.
  (A) If a person submits an application for licensure as an exhibitor of fireworks, together with the fee, as required by section 3743.50 of...
• Section 3743.52 - Renewal.
  (A) The license of an exhibitor of fireworks is effective for one year from the date of its issuance by the fire marshal. If...
• Section 3743.53 - Qualifying As Exhibitor And For Exhibitions.
  (A) The fire marshal shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish qualifications that all applicants for licensure...
• Section 3743.54 - Public Fireworks Exhibitions - Additional License Categories.
  (A) A licensed exhibitor of fireworks may acquire fireworks for use at a public fireworks exhibition only from a licensed manufacturer of fireworks or...
• Section 3743.541 - Fireworks Incidents.
  (A) The appropriate certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer or appropriate state or local law enforcement authority with jurisdiction over...
• Section 3743.55 - Exhibitor Required To Display License To Seller.
  A licensed exhibitor of fireworks who has acquired a permit for a public fireworks exhibition pursuant to section 3743.54 of the Revised Code may...
• Section 3743.56 - Annual Registration Of Exhibitor's Employees.
  Each fireworks exhibitor licensed under section 3743.51 of the Revised Code shall register annually with the fire marshal all employees who assist the licensed...
• Section 3743.57 - Fire Marshal's Fireworks Training And Education Fund.
  (A) All fees collected by the fire marshal for licenses or permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the state fire...
• Section 3743.58 - Shipping Or Transporting Fireworks.
  The fire marshal shall adopt rules governing the transportation of fireworks on the highways of this state. These rules shall be substantially equivalent to...
• Section 3743.59 - Variances.
  (A) Upon application by an affected party, the fire marshal may grant variances from the requirements of this chapter or from the requirements of...
• Section 3743.60 - Prohibitions.
  (A) No person shall manufacture fireworks in this state unless it is a licensed manufacturer of fireworks, and no person shall operate a fireworks...
• Section 3743.61 - Wholesaler Restrictions.
  (A) No person, except a licensed manufacturer of fireworks engaging in the wholesale sale of fireworks as authorized by division (C)(2) of section 3743.04...
• Section 3743.63 - Purchaser Restrictions.
  (A) No person who resides in another state and purchases fireworks in this state shall obtain possession of the fireworks in this state unless...
• Section 3743.64 - Fireworks Exhibitions And Exhibitors - Prohibited Activities.
  (A) No person shall conduct a fireworks exhibition in this state or act as an exhibitor of fireworks in this state unless the person...
• Section 3743.65 - Possession, Sale And Use Restrictions.
  (A) No person shall possess fireworks in this state or shall possess for sale or sell fireworks in this state, except a licensed manufacturer...
• Section 3743.66 - Limiting Shipping Or Transporting.
  (A) No person shall transport fireworks in this state except in accordance with rules adopted by the fire marshal pursuant to section 3743.58 of...
• Section 3743.68 - Violators.
  (A) The fire marshal, an assistant fire marshal, or a certified fire safety inspector may arrest, or may cause the arrest of, any person...
• Section 3743.70 - No License Issued To Felon.
  The fire marshal shall not issue an initial or a renewal of a license , permit, or registration under this chapter on or after...
• Section 3743.75 - Moratorium On Licenses.
  (A) During the period beginning on June 29, 2001, and ending on December 15, 2017, the state fire marshal shall not do any of...
• Section 3743.80 - Exemptions.
  This chapter does not prohibit or apply to the following: (A) The manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, storage, or use in emergency situations, of pyrotechnic...
• Section 3743.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 3743.60 or division (H) of section 3743.64 of the Revised Code is guilty of a...

Last modified: October 10, 2016