Fireworks licenses and permits: disqualifying conditions: local jurisdictions.

(1) The State Fireworks Law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations relating to fireworks as may be necessary for the protection of life and property. Existing law requires these regulations to include, among other things, provisions for the granting of licenses and permits for the manufacture, wholesale, import, export, and sale of all classes of fireworks. A violation of the State Fireworks Law or the regulations issued pursuant thereto is a misdemeanor. This bill would require the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations that include provisions for determining when a license is required for fireworks shipped to a California port that will not be sold in California. (2) Existing law makes the possession of dangerous fireworks, except when the person possessing the dangerous fireworks holds and is operating within the scope of a valid license or permit, subject to various penalties depending on the amount of gross weight in possession. Existing law defines dangerous fireworks for these purposes to include, among other things, fireworks kits and fireworks examined and tested by the State Fire Marshal and determined by the State Fire Marshal with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services to possess characteristics of design or construction that make those fireworks unsafe for use by any person not specially qualified or trained in the use of fireworks. The State Fireworks Law does not apply to specified objects, including, among other things, paper caps that contain less than 0.25 grain of pyrotechnic composition per unit load. This bill would revise and recast the definition of a fireworks kit, as provided, and expand the definition of dangerous fireworks to include any types of fireworks not examined and tested by the State Fire Marshal, excluding fireworks with a pending application for approval. This bill would repeal the above-described exemption for paper caps. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local