BILL NUMBER: AB 467	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend Section 12519 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to explosives.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 467, as introduced, Chang. Pyrotechnic devices: model rockets.
   Existing law authorizes the State Fire Marshal to issue and renew
licenses for the manufacture, import, export, sale, and use of all
fireworks and pyrotechnic devices. Existing law provides that a
license shall not be required for the retail sale, use, or discharge
of model rocket engines. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal
to classify all fireworks and pyrotechnic devices and prohibits the
importation, sale, or offering for sale prior to the classification.
Existing law requires all fire works or toy propellant devices
containing pyrotechnic compositions that the State Fire Marshal finds
come within the definition of a "model rocket" or "model rocket
engine" to be classified as model rocket engines. Existing law
prohibits a person from launching a model rocket from a site without
first securing authorization from the authority having jurisdiction.
Existing law defines a model rocket as a toy or educational device
that weighs not more than 500 grams, including the engine and any
payload, that is propelled by a model rocket engine.
   This bill would increase the maximum weight of a model rocket to
not more than 1500 grams.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12519 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   12519.  "Model rocket" means  any   a 
toy or educational device  which  that 
weighs not more than  500   1500  grams,
including the engine and any payload, that is propelled by  a
 model rocket  engines.   engine.