Section 10-210 - Prohibited acts; penalties.
§ 10-210. Prohibited acts; penalties.
(a) Unlicensed manufacturing or processing.-
(1) A person may not manufacture or process fireworks in the State except in a fireworks plant of a licensee.
(2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
(b) Unauthorized manufacture or storage of fireworks.-
(1) Unless otherwise authorized by law, a person under this subtitle may not manufacture:
(i) 1.3 G fireworks other than rockets and Roman candles;
(ii) fireworks commonly known as "flash and sound";
(iii) products utilizing potassium chlorate; or
(iv) explosives.
(2) Except as otherwise authorized under this subtitle or Title 11, Subtitle 1 of this article, a person may not store 1.3 G fireworks other than rockets or Roman candles.
(3) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
(c) Unlicensed operation of a fireworks plant.-
(1) A person who has been denied a license to operate a fireworks plant in the State or whose license to operate a fireworks plant in the State has been suspended or revoked may not operate that fireworks plant in the State.
(2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both.
[An. Code 1957, art. 38A, § 19(d), (e), (h); 2003, ch. 5, § 2.]