Sec. 2154.002. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a toy pistol, toy cane, toy gun, or other device that uses paper or plastic caps in sheets, strips, rolls, or individual caps that contain not more than an average of 25 hundredths of a grain of explosive composition per cap and that is packed and shipped under 49 C.F.R. Part 173 (1996);
(2) a model rocket or model rocket motor designed, sold, and used to propel recoverable aero models;
(3) a propelling or expelling charge consisting of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate;
(4) novelties or trick noisemakers;
(5) the sale, at wholesale, of any type of fireworks by a resident manufacturer, distributor, importer, or jobber if the fireworks are intended for shipment directly out of state under department regulations;
(6) the sale or use of, in emergency situations, pyrotechnic signaling devices or distress signals for marine, aviation, or highway use;
(7) the use of a fusee or a railway torpedo by a railroad;
(8) the sale of blank cartridges for:
(A) use in a radio, television, film, or theater production;
(B) a signal or ceremonial purpose in an athletic event; or
(C) an industrial purpose; or
(9) the use of a pyrotechnic device by a military organization.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.