IC 22-11-14.5-1 "Indoor pyrotechnics" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "indoor pyrotechnics" means
controlled exothermic chemical reactions that are timed to create the
effects of heat, gas, sound, dispersion of aerosols, emission of visible
electromagnetic radiation, or a combination of these effects to
provide the maximum effect from the least volume (as provided in
National Fire Protection Association Standard 1126 (2001 edition)).
The term does not include the following novelties and trick
noisemakers:
(1) Snakes or glow worms.
(2) Smoke devices.
(3) Wire sparklers that do not contain magnesium and that
contain less than one hundred (100) grams of composition per
item.
(4) Trick noisemakers, which include party poppers, booby
traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads, and auto burglar
alarms. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.187-2006, SEC.18.)
IC 22-11-14.5-3 Rules
Sec. 3. The fire prevention and building safety commission shall
adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement a statewide code
concerning displays of indoor pyrotechnics. The rules:
(1) must require that a certificate of insurance be issued that
provides general liability coverage of at least five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for the injury or death of any
number of persons in any one (1) occurrence and five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for property damage in any one (1)
occurrence by an intended display of indoor pyrotechnics
arising from any acts of the operator of the display or the
operator's agents, employees, or subcontractors;
(2) must require the person intending to present the display to
give, at least twenty four (24) hours before the time of the
display, written notice of the intended display to the chief of the
responding fire department of the location proposed for the
display of the indoor pyrotechnics and to include with the
written notice a certification from the person intending to
display the indoor pyrotechnics that the display will be made in
accordance with:
(A) the rules adopted under this section; and
(B) any ordinance or resolution adopted under section 4 of
this chapter;
(3) must include and adopt NFPA 1126, Standard for the Use of
Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience, 2001 Edition,
published by the National Fire Protection Association, 1
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169;
(4) must be amended to adopt any subsequent edition of NFPA
Standard 1126, including addenda, within eighteen (18) months
after the effective date of the subsequent edition; and
(5) may provide for amendments to NFPA Standard 1126 as a
condition of the adoption under subdivisions (3) and (4). As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.348;
P.L.101-2006, SEC.30.
IC 22-11-14.5-4 Adoption of ordinance or resolution
Sec. 4. A city, town, or county may adopt an ordinance or a
township may adopt a resolution that:
(1) establishes requirements for displays of indoor pyrotechnics
more stringent or detailed than the requirements established
under this chapter; or
(2) bans the display of indoor pyrotechnics. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-5 Precedence of rules
Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, the rules
adopted under section 3 of this chapter take precedence over:
(1) an ordinance adopted by a city, town, or county; or
(2) a resolution adopted by a township;
that covers the same subject matter as the commission's rules
concerning indoor pyrotechnics. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-6 Violations; Class C infraction
Sec. 6. A person who violates a rule adopted under this chapter
commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-7 Violations; property; Class C infraction
Sec. 7. A person who knowingly allows an individual to commit
a violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a Class C
infraction if the violation is committed on property under the person's
control. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-8 Separate offenses
Sec. 8. Each day that an infraction under this chapter occurs
constitutes a separate infraction. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-9 Violations; Class A misdemeanor
Sec. 9. A person who causes serious bodily injury to a person as
a result of a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter
commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-10 Violations; Class D felony
Sec. 10. A person who causes serious bodily injury to a person as
a result of a knowing or an intentional violation of a rule adopted
under this chapter commits a Class D felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-11 Violations; death; Class D felony
Sec. 11. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of
a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a
Class D felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-12 Violations; death; Class C felony
Sec. 12. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of
a knowing or an intentional violation of a rule adopted under this
chapter commits a Class C felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-1 "Indoor pyrotechnics" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "indoor pyrotechnics" means
controlled exothermic chemical reactions that are timed to create the
effects of heat, gas, sound, dispersion of aerosols, emission of visible
electromagnetic radiation, or a combination of these effects to
provide the maximum effect from the least volume (as provided in
National Fire Protection Association Standard 1126 (2001 edition)).
The term does not include the following novelties and trick
noisemakers:
(1) Snakes or glow worms.
(2) Smoke devices.
(3) Wire sparklers that do not contain magnesium and that
contain less than one hundred (100) grams of composition per
item.
(4) Trick noisemakers, which include party poppers, booby
traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads, and auto burglar
alarms. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.187-2006, SEC.18.)
IC 22-11-14.5-3 Rules
Sec. 3. The fire prevention and building safety commission shall
adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement a statewide code
concerning displays of indoor pyrotechnics. The rules:
(1) must require that a certificate of insurance be issued that
provides general liability coverage of at least five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for the injury or death of any
number of persons in any one (1) occurrence and five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for property damage in any one (1)
occurrence by an intended display of indoor pyrotechnics
arising from any acts of the operator of the display or the
operator's agents, employees, or subcontractors;
(2) must require the person intending to present the display to
give, at least twenty four (24) hours before the time of the
display, written notice of the intended display to the chief of the
responding fire department of the location proposed for the
display of the indoor pyrotechnics and to include with the
written notice a certification from the person intending to
display the indoor pyrotechnics that the display will be made in
accordance with:
(A) the rules adopted under this section; and
(B) any ordinance or resolution adopted under section 4 of
this chapter;
(3) must include and adopt NFPA 1126, Standard for the Use of
Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience, 2001 Edition,
published by the National Fire Protection Association, 1
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169;
(4) must be amended to adopt any subsequent edition of NFPA
Standard 1126, including addenda, within eighteen (18) months
after the effective date of the subsequent edition; and
(5) may provide for amendments to NFPA Standard 1126 as a
condition of the adoption under subdivisions (3) and (4). As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.348;
P.L.101-2006, SEC.30.
IC 22-11-14.5-4 Adoption of ordinance or resolution
Sec. 4. A city, town, or county may adopt an ordinance or a
township may adopt a resolution that:
(1) establishes requirements for displays of indoor pyrotechnics
more stringent or detailed than the requirements established
under this chapter; or
(2) bans the display of indoor pyrotechnics. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-5 Precedence of rules
Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, the rules
adopted under section 3 of this chapter take precedence over:
(1) an ordinance adopted by a city, town, or county; or
(2) a resolution adopted by a township;
that covers the same subject matter as the commission's rules
concerning indoor pyrotechnics. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-6 Violations; Class C infraction
Sec. 6. A person who violates a rule adopted under this chapter
commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-7 Violations; property; Class C infraction
Sec. 7. A person who knowingly allows an individual to commit
a violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a Class C
infraction if the violation is committed on property under the person's
control. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-8 Separate offenses
Sec. 8. Each day that an infraction under this chapter occurs
constitutes a separate infraction. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-9 Violations; Class A misdemeanor
Sec. 9. A person who causes serious bodily injury to a person as
a result of a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter
commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-10 Violations; Class D felony
Sec. 10. A person who causes serious bodily injury to a person as
a result of a knowing or an intentional violation of a rule adopted
under this chapter commits a Class D felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-11 Violations; death; Class D felony
Sec. 11. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of
a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a
Class D felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-12 Violations; death; Class C felony
Sec. 12. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of
a knowing or an intentional violation of a rule adopted under this
chapter commits a Class C felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-1 "Indoor pyrotechnics" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "indoor pyrotechnics" means
controlled exothermic chemical reactions that are timed to create the
effects of heat, gas, sound, dispersion of aerosols, emission of visible
electromagnetic radiation, or a combination of these effects to
provide the maximum effect from the least volume (as provided in
National Fire Protection Association Standard 1126 (2001 edition)).
The term does not include the following novelties and trick
noisemakers:
(1) Snakes or glow worms.
(2) Smoke devices.
(3) Wire sparklers that do not contain magnesium and that
contain less than one hundred (100) grams of composition per
item.
(4) Trick noisemakers, which include party poppers, booby
traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads, and auto burglar
alarms. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.187-2006, SEC.18.)
IC 22-11-14.5-3 Rules
Sec. 3. The fire prevention and building safety commission shall
adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement a statewide code
concerning displays of indoor pyrotechnics. The rules:
(1) must require that a certificate of insurance be issued that
provides general liability coverage of at least five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for the injury or death of any
number of persons in any one (1) occurrence and five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) for property damage in any one (1)
occurrence by an intended display of indoor pyrotechnics
arising from any acts of the operator of the display or the
operator's agents, employees, or subcontractors;
(2) must require the person intending to present the display to
give, at least twenty four (24) hours before the time of the
display, written notice of the intended display to the chief of the
responding fire department of the location proposed for the
display of the indoor pyrotechnics and to include with the
written notice a certification from the person intending to
display the indoor pyrotechnics that the display will be made in
accordance with:
(A) the rules adopted under this section; and
(B) any ordinance or resolution adopted under section 4 of
this chapter;
(3) must include and adopt NFPA 1126, Standard for the Use of
Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience, 2001 Edition,
published by the National Fire Protection Association, 1
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169;
(4) must be amended to adopt any subsequent edition of NFPA
Standard 1126, including addenda, within eighteen (18) months
after the effective date of the subsequent edition; and
(5) may provide for amendments to NFPA Standard 1126 as a
condition of the adoption under subdivisions (3) and (4). As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.348;
P.L.101-2006, SEC.30.
IC 22-11-14.5-4 Adoption of ordinance or resolution
Sec. 4. A city, town, or county may adopt an ordinance or a
township may adopt a resolution that:
(1) establishes requirements for displays of indoor pyrotechnics
more stringent or detailed than the requirements established
under this chapter; or
(2) bans the display of indoor pyrotechnics. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-5 Precedence of rules
Sec. 5. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, the rules
adopted under section 3 of this chapter take precedence over:
(1) an ordinance adopted by a city, town, or county; or
(2) a resolution adopted by a township;
that covers the same subject matter as the commission's rules
concerning indoor pyrotechnics. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-6 Violations; Class C infraction
Sec. 6. A person who violates a rule adopted under this chapter
commits a Class C infraction. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-7 Violations; property; Class C infraction
Sec. 7. A person who knowingly allows an individual to commit
a violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a Class C
infraction if the violation is committed on property under the person's
control. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-8 Separate offenses
Sec. 8. Each day that an infraction under this chapter occurs
constitutes a separate infraction. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-9 Violations; Class A misdemeanor
Sec. 9. A person who causes serious bodily injury to a person as
a result of a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter
commits a Class A misdemeanor. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-10 Violations; Class D felony
Sec. 10. A person who causes serious bodily injury to a person as
a result of a knowing or an intentional violation of a rule adopted
under this chapter commits a Class D felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-11 Violations; death; Class D felony
Sec. 11. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of
a reckless violation of a rule adopted under this chapter commits a
Class D felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
IC 22-11-14.5-12 Violations; death; Class C felony
Sec. 12. A person who causes the death of a person as a result of
a knowing or an intentional violation of a rule adopted under this
chapter commits a Class C felony. As added by P.L.25-2004, SEC.3.
