Bills › 88th General Assembly
Providing for certain fees applicable to licensed consumer fireworks sellers, and making penalties applicable
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires the state fire marshal to charge licensed consumer fireworks sellers an annual fee in an amount equal to percent of the licensee’s gross sales of consumer fireworks within Iowa during the preceding calendar year. The fee shall be in addition to the required licensing fee. Fees collected pursuant to the bill shall be deposited in the consumer fireworks fee fund, and shall be used solely for the purpose of providing grants to local fire protection service providers and local emergency medical service providers to establish or provide fireworks safety education programming to members of the public.
Read the full explanation
19(9), a person who violates the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.