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fEr oeri++Y o6n1OCT snowy AUYANDER M. HT .+`.'• <br /> MKT ATTORNEY l 9 <br /> June 10, 1974 <br /> TO: Law Enforcement Agencies & Fire Departments <br /> FROM: District Attorney's Office <br /> RE: Kew Fireworks Statutes <br /> As knot+ on Januar 1 1914 a new series of Fireworks Statut s <br /> took effect in Colorado. <br /> Probably the most significant change in the law is that the "Class C <br /> Common Fireworks," i.e. pop-bottle rockets, etc., defined in old C.R.S. <br /> 53-5-2 are no longer permissible. The new law defines fireworks as, <br /> (a)ny article, device or substance prepared for the primary <br /> purpose of producing a visual or-auditory sensation by combustion, <br /> explosion, deflagration, detonation, including without limitation <br /> the following articles commonly known and used as fireworks:. . . <br /> firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets rockets, roman candles, dayglo <br /> bombs, and torches, or other fireworks of Tike construction and any <br /> fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or any <br /> tablets or other device containing any explosive substance." <br /> C.R.S. 1963 0(1973 sess.) 53-5-1 (2)(a). <br /> Thus, excepting paper caps, sparklers, smoke devices and a few less common <br /> fireworks anything covered by the legislature's broad definition may not <br /> be offered for sale, exposed for sale, sold or be possess with intent to <br /> sell, use, or explode. Simply stated, the new law prohibits: l) offer of - <br /> sale or sale of the defined fireworks by or to an individual and 2) use by <br /> an individual of all fireworks except those such as paper caps and sparklers. <br /> K MDiItCOtN04TYCOUPTMOIISFANNEX• PO SOX 471•IOU(DER.COLORAOOW102•1!0]144#174 <br />