§ 60-2C-7 — Permissible fireworks

New Mexico § 60-2C-7

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 60: Business Licenses
• Art. 2C: Fireworks Licensing and Safety

Text

A. Permissible fireworks are: (1) ground and hand-held sparkling devices: (a) cone fountains; (b) crackling devices; (c) cylindrical fountains; (d) flitter sparklers; (e) ground spinners; (f) illuminating torches; and (g) wheels; (2) aerial devices: (a) aerial shell kit-reloadable tubes; (b) aerial spinners; (c) helicopters; (d) mines; (e) missile-type rockets; (f) multiple tube devices; (g) roman candles; (h) shells; and (i) stick-type rockets, except as provided in Subsection B of this section; and (3) ground audible devices: (a) chasers; and (b) firecrackers. B. The following types of fireworks are not permissible fireworks: (1) stick-type rockets having a tube less than five-eighths inch outside diameter and less than three and one-half inches in length; and (2) fireworks intended for sale to the public that produce an audible effect, other than a whistle, by a charge of more than one hundred thirty milligrams of explosive composition per report. C. A municipality or county shall not by ordinance regulate and prohibit the sale or use of any permissible firework except aerial devices and ground audible devices.

Legislative History

Laws 1989, ch. 346, § 7; 1991, ch. 133, § 5; 1997, ch. 17, § 5; 2007, ch. 268, §