10A.520  Consumer fireworks wholesaler — registration — penalty.
  1.  For purposes of this section:
  a.  “Consumer fireworks” means first-class consumer fireworks and second-class consumer fireworks, as those terms are defined in section 10A.519.
  b.  “Wholesaler” means a person who engages in the business of selling or distributing consumer fireworks for the purpose of resale in this state.
  2.  The director shall adopt rules to require all wholesalers to annually register with the director. The director may also adopt rules to regulate the storage or transfer of consumer fireworks by wholesalers and to require wholesalers to maintain insurance.
  3.  The director shall establish an annual registration fee of one thousand dollars for wholesalers of consumer fireworks within the state. Registration fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the consumer fireworks fee fund created in section 10A.519.
  4.  A person who violates a provision of this section or a rule adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2017 Acts, ch 115, §4, 12
C2018, §100.19A
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1498, 1711
C2024, §10A.520
Referred to in §10A.519