The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
003
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FIREWORKS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 3131)
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§ 3131. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, the term “fireworks” means any combustible or explosive
composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for
the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion,
deflagration, or detonation, including blank cartridges, toy pistols, toy cannons,
toy canes, or toy guns in which explosives are used, balloons that are propelled by
explosives, firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles, cherry bombs, or
other fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing any explosive or
flammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance,
except sparklers. The term “fireworks” does not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy
guns, or other devices in which paper caps containing 0.25 grains or less of explosive
compound are used, providing they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in
contact with the cap when in place for use, and toy pistol paper caps that contain
less than 0.2 grains of explosive mixture. The term “fireworks” does not include fixed
ammunition for firearms or primers for firearms. The term “sparkler” means a sparkling
item that complies with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations and
is one of the following:
(1) A hand-held wire or wood sparkler that is less than 14 inches and has no more than
20 grams of pyrotechnic mixture.
(2) A snake, party popper, glow worm, smoke device, string popper, snapper, or drop pop
with no more than 0.25 grains of explosive mixture. (Amended 2003, No. 15, § 1, eff. May 6, 2003; 2021, No. 20, § 188.)