BILL NUMBER: AB 467	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 
12519  and 12520  of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
explosives.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 467, as amended, 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  
fireworks  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.  Existing law defines a model
rocket engine as a commercially manufactured, nonreusable rocket
propulsion device that is constructed of nonmetallic casing and solid
propellant, as provided. 
   This bill would  add to the definition of   "model
rocket   "   a requirement that it conform to 
 the definition of   "model rocket   " as used
in the 2013 edition of the "NFPA 1122: Code for Model Rocketry" and
would  increase the maximum weight of a model rocket to not more
than 1500 grams.  The bill would revise the definition of 
 "model rocket engine   " to mean a rocket propulsion
device using commercially manufactured solid propellant that does not
require mixing by the user and that conforms to the definition of
  "model   rocket engine   " as used in
the 2012 edition of the "NFPA 1125: Code for the Manufacture of Model
Rocket and High Power Rocket Motors." 
   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 a toy or educational device that
weighs not more than 1500 grams, including the engine and any
payload, that is propelled by a model rocket  engine.
  engine, and that conforms to the definition of "model
rocket" in the 2013 edition of the "NFPA 1122: Code for Model
Rocketry." 
   SEC. 2.    Section 12520 of the   Health and
Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   12520.  "Model rocket engine"  means a commercially
manufactured, nonreusable rocket propulsion device which is
constructed of a nonmetallic casing and solid propellant, wherein all
of the ingredients are self-contained so as not to require mixing or
handling by the user and which have design and construction
characteristics determined by the State Fire Marshal to provide a
reasonable degree of safety to the user.   means a
rocket propulsion device using commercially manufactured solid
propellant, that does not require mixing by the user, and that
conforms to the definition of "model rocket engine" in the 2012
edition of the "NFPA 1125: Code for the   Manufacture of
Model Rocket and High Power Rocket Motors."