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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="10-210" title_number="10" title_name="Fireworks and Sparklers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fireworks Plants">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not manufacture or process fireworks in the State except in a fireworks plant of a licensee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless otherwise authorized by law, a person under this subtitle may not manufacture:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>3 G fireworks other than rockets and Roman candles;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>fireworks commonly known as “flash and sound”;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>products utilizing potassium chlorate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>explosives.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise authorized under this subtitle or Title 11, Subtitle 1 of this article, a person may not store 1.3 G fireworks other than rockets or Roman candles.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who has been denied a license to operate a fireworks plant in the State or whose license to operate a fireworks plant in the State has been suspended or revoked may not operate that fireworks plant in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
