Rule 120-3-22-.14 - Unlawful Activity(1) It shall be unlawful to use fireworks, consumer fireworks, or any items defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 25-10-1 indoors or within the right of way of a public road, street, highway, or railroad of this state.(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership to sell or offer for sale consumer fireworks at a consumer fireworks retail sales facility, consumer fireworks retail sales store or a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stand or wholesale distribution facility without maintaining the appropriate license.(3) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership to sell consumer fireworks or any items defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 25-10-1 to any person under 18 years of age.(4) It shall be unlawful to sell consumer fireworks from any motor vehicle or from a trailer towed by a motor vehicle, or from a tent, canopy, or membrane structure.(5) It shall be unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to use or ignite or cause to be ignited or to possess, manufacture, transport, or store consumer fireworks, except that it shall be lawful for any person who is 16 or 17 years of age to possess or transport consumer fireworks, provided that such person is serving as an assistant to a distributor selling consumer fireworks from a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stand or the nonprofit group directly participating in the operation of a temporary consumer fireworks retail sales stand and is not transporting such consumer fireworks on a highway which constitutes a part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.(6) It shall be unlawful to release or cause to be released any balloon, bag, parachute, or other similar device which requires fire underneath for propulsion or to release or cause to be released any floating water lantern or wish lantern which uses a flame to create a lighting effect in any public waterway, lake, pond, stream, or river.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 120-3-22-.14
O.C.G.A. §§ 25-2-4, 25-2-16, 25-10-2.
Original Rule entitled "Requests for Modification of Specific Requirements"adopted. F. July 24, 2015; eff. August 13, 2015.Amended: New title "Unlawful Activity."F. Dec. 13, 2019; eff. Jan. 1, 2020, as specified by the Agency.