Georgia Code
Chapter 10 - Regulation of Fireworks
§ 25-10-1. Definitions

(4.1) “Electric plant” shall have the same meaning as provided for in Code Section 46-3A-1.
and provided, further, that such term means a person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership with more than one mercantile location, where all such mercantile locations are collectively known to the public by the same name or share central management.
History. Ga. L. 1955, p. 550, § 2; Ga. L. 1962, p. 11, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 798, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 294, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 596, § 1/SB 133; Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 25/SB 103; Ga. L. 2015, p. 274, § 2/HB 110; Ga. L. 2016, p. 64, § 5/HB 727.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, added paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4); redesignated former paragraph (a)(1) as present paragraph (a)(5); near the middle of present paragraph (a)(5), deleted “balloons requiring fire underneath to propel them,” preceding “fireworks” and deleted “Roman candles” preceding “bombs”; added paragraphs (a)(6) and (a)(7); redesignated former paragraphs (a)(2) and (a)(3) as present paragraphs (a)(8) and (a)(9), respectively; added paragraphs (a)(11) and (a)(12); inserted “‘consumer fireworks’ or” in subsection (b) and paragraph (b)(1); and, in the middle of paragraph (b)(2), substituted “500 grams” for “200 grams” and inserted “smoke devices; or”.
The 2016 amendment, effective April 26, 2016, added the proviso at the end of paragraph (a)(2); added paragraph (a)(4.1); added “, any entity incorporated under Chapter 3 of Title 14, the ‘Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code,’ or a sponsored organization of a public or private elementary or secondary school in this state” at the end of paragraph (a)(7); deleted former paragraph (a)(10), which read: “‘Retail chain’ means a person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership with more than one store, where all such stores are collectively known to the public by the same name or share central management.”; redesignated former paragraph (a)(11) as present paragraph (a)(10), and, in paragraph (a)(10), added the proviso at the end of the introductory language and added subparagraphs (a)(10)(A) and (a)(10)(B); and added paragraphs (a)(11) and (a)(12).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2015, “party poppers, string poppers” was substituted for “party peppers, string peppers” in paragraph (b)(2).
Law reviews.
For note on the 2003 amendment to this Code section, see 20 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 165 (2003).
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 55 (2016).

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