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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 25. FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY · Chapter 10. REGULATION OF FIREWORKS

25-10-9. Monetary penalties for violations of chapter.

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  1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the Safety Fire Commissioner shall have the authority to subject any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership that violates this chapter to a monetary penalty of up to $2,500.00 for each and every act in violation of this chapter; provided, however, that the Safety Fire Commissioner shall have the authority to subject any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership that knowingly sells consumer fireworks from a tent, canopy, or membrane structure to a monetary penalty of up to $5,000.00 and, if any such person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership is a distributor, then a license revocation for not more than two years. Each sales transaction in violation of this chapter shall be a separate offense.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 25-10-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 596, § 3/SB 133; Ga. L. 2015, p. 274, § 6/HB 110; Ga. L. 2016, p. 64, § 11/HB 727; Ga. L. 2024, p. 945, § 11/SB 417, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, deleted “knowingly” preceding “violates” in the middle of the first sentence.

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Text read from t25-t26-(v21)-pdf.pdf, Volume V21, 2023 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 40 to 41; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 dee9b563c5d6.

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