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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 60. GENERAL PROVISIONS

36-60-24. Sale or use or ignition of consumer fireworks products.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    The governing authority of a county or municipal corporation shall not prohibit the sale or use or ignition of consumer fireworks or other products or services which are lawful under Chapter 10 of Title 25, unless such prohibition is expressly authorized by general law.#

  2. (b)

    If the sale of a product or service is regulated by Chapter 10 of Title 25, the governing authority of a county or municipal corporation shall not enact additional regulation of the sale or use or ignition of such product or service, unless such additional regulation is expressly authorized by general law.#

  3. (c)

    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, the governing authority of a county or municipal corporation may provide for permits or licenses for the sale or use of consumer fireworks as provided for under subsection (c) of Code Section 25-10-5.1.#

  4. (d)

    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, the governing authority of a county or municipal corporation may further regulate the sale of consumer fireworks from temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stands until January 31, 2018.#

  5. (e)

    The governing authority of a county or municipal corporation shall not unreasonably delay or deny an application for a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stand.#

  6. (f)

    As used in this Code section, the terms “consumer fireworks” and “consumer fireworks retail sales stand” shall have the same meanings as set forth in Code Section 25-10-1.#

  7. (g)

    Any ordinance enacted before, on, or after July 1, 2006, by a county or municipal corporation in violation of this Code section is void.#

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, § 36-60-24, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 544, § 1/HB 304; Ga. L. 2015, p. 274, § 8/HB 110; Ga. L. 2016, p. 64, § 13/HB 727; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 36(22)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “As used in this Code section,” for “For purposes of this subsection,” and “set forth” for “provided” in subsection (f).

Law reviews

For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 55 (2016).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t36-ch60-92-(v27a)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27A, 2025 edition, pages 54 to 55; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 5150ee8c60f7.