Section 10-210 - Prohibited acts; penalties. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]