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County counselor briefs commissioners on Senate Bill 199 and possible limits on local fireworks rules
Summary
Riley County's county counselor briefed commissioners about Senate Bill 199, which would permit statewide fireworks sales; counselor said the bill addresses the right to sell but not explicitly the right to discharge fireworks and said jurisdictions may need local regulations for safety during burn bans and other hazardous conditions.
Bridal Parker, Riley County counselor, briefed commissioners on March 24 about a state-level bill under consideration (Senate Bill 199) that would expand statewide fireworks sales. Parker said the bill appears to grant a right to sell fireworks statewide but does not explicitly grant the right to discharge them.
"It talks about the right to sell. It does not talk about the right to shoot off," Parker said at the meeting while…
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