WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2550

By Delegates Rohrbach and Lovejoy

[Introduced February 20, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §29-3E-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to fireworks safety; and authorizing a municipality to prohibit the sale of fireworks within its boundaries.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §29-3E-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3E. FIREWORKS SAFETY.

§29-3E-10. Local municipalities’ regulation of consumer fireworks.

This article does not affect the authority of the governing body of a municipality to prohibit the sale of or to regulate the use of consumer fireworks within its boundaries.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize a municipality to prohibit the sale of fireworks within its boundaries.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.