8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1507-12-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1507-12-1.2 - SCOPE

These rules and regulations shall apply to the possession, sale, storage, and use of fireworks in the State of Colorado by any person.

For a thorough understanding of all requirements concerning the possession, sale, storage, and use of fireworks in Colorado, these rules must be used in conjunction with Part 20, Article 33.5 of Title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes.

These rules do not supersede, and are to be used in conjunction with, any other state and federal laws and regulations concerning the manufacture, sale, storage, transportation and use of fireworks.

These rules and regulations shall not apply to:

(a) The use of fireworks by railroads or other transportation agencies for signal purposes or illumination;

(b) The sale or use of blank cartridges for a show or theater, for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports, or for use by military organizations;

(c) Fireworks which are used in testing or research by a licensed explosives laboratory;

(d) The sale, purchase, possession, or use of fireworks distributed by the Division of Wildlife for agricultural purposes under conditions approved by said Division;

(e) Toy caps which do not contain more than sixteen (16) milligrams of pyrotechnic composition per cap;

(f) Highway flares, railroad fusees, ship distress signals, smoke candles, and other emergency signal devices;

(g) Educational rockets and toy propellant device type engines used in such rockets when such rockets are of nonmetallic construction and utilize replaceable engines or model cartridges containing less than two (2) ounces of propellant and when such engines or model cartridges are designed to be ignited by electrical means;

(h) The transportation of fireworks when such transportation is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Transportation; or

(i) The manufacture, transportation, and storage of fireworks by federal and state military agencies.

8 CCR 1507-12-1.2

38 CR 10, May 25, 2015, effective 6/14/2015

40 CR 04, February 25, 2017, effective 3/17/2017

41 CR 10, May 25, 2018, effective 6/14/2018

42 CR 05, March 10, 2019, effective 3/30/2019

47 CR 03, February 10, 2024, effective 3/1/2024